Blackthorn Hedging

Blackthorn or Prunus spinosa is a tough and floriferous native shrub often seen in mixed wild hedgerows, masses of the Damson-like Sloes appear in Autumn.

Step 1: Choose Your Root Type

Step 2: Choose Size and Quantity

Bare Root Hedging

These are field grown plants, lifted during the dormant season (normally November-April) and delivered ready for planting without any soil on the roots. The most cost-effective way to plant a new hedge.

Potted Hedging

We deliver these plants to you in the pots they are grown in, because there is no root disturbance they can delivered and planted all year round with excellent results.

Blackthorn Bare Root Hedging 1.5-2ft 40/60cm

  • 1 year old

  • Plant(s) per metre: 3-7
  • Minimum order quantity: 1

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£1.43 £1.32 £1.26 £1.19

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Blackthorn Bare Root Hedging 2-3ft 60/90cm

  • 1 year old

  • Plant(s) per metre: 3-7
  • Minimum order quantity: 1

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£1.79 £1.67 £1.62 £1.55

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Blackthorn Bare Root Hedging 3-4ft 90/120cm

  • 2 year old

  • Plant(s) per metre: 3-7
  • Minimum order quantity: 1

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£3.23 £3.11 £2.99 £2.87

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Blackthorn Bare Root Hedging 4-5ft 125/150cm

  • 2 year old

  • Plant(s) per metre: 3-5
  • Minimum order quantity: 1

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£4.31 £4.19 £4.07 £3.95

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Blackthorn Potted Hedging 2-3ft 60/90cm

  • in 2 litre pots

  • Plant(s) per metre: 3-5
  • Minimum order quantity: 1

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£8.39 £7.07 £6.83 £6.59

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Blackthorn Potted Hedging 3-4ft 90/120cm

  • in 2 litre pots

  • Plant(s) per metre: 3-5
  • Minimum order quantity: 1

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1 + 5 + 25 + 100 +
£9.59 £8.27 £8.15 £7.91

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Product Information

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Blackthorn (Prunus Spinosa) is another variety of hedging plant which makes an excellent security hedge, due to its dense, prickly, bushy foliage. Commonly found in native hedgerows, Blackthorn grows best in full sunlight, and is tolerant to most soils, including sand, chalk, clay and loam, making it a hardy and versatile choice for a number of different landscaping projects.

Blackthorn hedging plants can grow big enough to make a hedge that’s between 90 – 300cm (3 – 10ft) wide, growing at a rate of 30cm (1ft) per year, meaning that they have the capability to cover wide expanses. Blackthorn hedges are early to blossom, resulting in very pretty small white flowers covering the hedge from the spring, transforming the look of your hedgerow. These blooms are followed in the autumn by sloe berries, a damson-like black fruit, which are used to make sloe gin. Ideally, Blackthorn hedging can be trimmed at any time from late summer until winter.

As well as their visually-appealing transformations and practical, security purposes, Blackthorn hedges are also popular in areas teeming with wildlife. The dense, bushy construction of Blackthorn hedges makes them suitable for providing shelter for a number of birds and other wildlife, meaning that they are a popular choice with people who want to encourage and support the creatures in their local area. Watch out, however, as birds love to eat the sloe berries!

Take a look at our range of Blackthorn hedging plants below, or contact us for more information or if you have any questions about which hedging solution is right for you.

Delivery leadtimes update- March/April 2024

We are working at maximum capacity to fulfil all orders as quickly as possible but owing to unprecedented demand some orders will take longer:

– Orders containing only bare root plants – delivery is currently within 5-7 days

– All other orders – delivery is currently within 2-3 weeks

Delivery is free for most orders above our free delivery thresholds, these are displayed above our prices in the product listings and summarized below. If you don’t need that many plants it’s not a problem, you can choose to pay our delivery charge and only order what you need.

Delivery is convenient – no signature is required so you don’t need to wait in, we will leave your parcel in the safe place that you nominate.

Delivery is fast – because we pick orders daily from our own growing beds your plants only travel the small hop to our packing shed before being sent to you, they are usually delivered within 3-7 days.

Delivery is reliable
– we have been selling and delivering Hedging Plants to our customers nationwide since 1992. We have a lot of experience in packing them safely and only use tried and tested delivery partners.

Smaller Plants (Parcel Delivery)

LocationOrder ValuePrice
UK Mainland excluding HighlandsUp to £90£9.00
UK Mainland excluding HighlandsOver £90Free
Scottish Highlands and Isle of WightAll orders£24.00

Heavy Plants (Pallet Delivery)

LocationOrder ValuePrice
UK Mainland excluding HighlandsUp to £420£72.00
UK Mainland excluding HighlandsOver £420Free
Scottish Highlands and Isle of WightAll orders£72.00

Tall Plants 2.5m+ (Specialist Delivery)

LocationOrder ValuePrice
UK Mainland excluding HighlandsUnder £1800Please call us
UK Mainland excluding HighlandsOver £1800Free
Scottish Highlands and Isle of WightAll ordersNot available

Exceptions to our delivery charges are Scottish Highland and Isle of Wight delivery areas where we need to charge a little extra to cover the cost of deliveries to these outlying areas. We don’t currently delivery to other offshore addresses including Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland.

Tall plants over 2.5 metres have to be delivered by our own specialised transport, our delivery area is limited to mainland England and Wales only.

Complete delivery information can be viewed on our
 Delivery Information page

Blackthorn Hedging Questions

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