Mixed Native Hedging

Mixed native hedges are a year-round winner for the garden, with a low carbon footprint, beneficial to wildlife and enhancing biodiversity that single-species hedges cannot offer. Mixed native hedging is robust, adapting to local environments and can be left to grow naturally, creating a colourful and diverse aesthetic.

We’re proud our mixed native hedging has received a ‘Gardening Which? Best-Buy Award’ and can help you choose the right hedge. Mixed hedging ranges from lush evergreen foliage to bright and colourful flowering hedges, all contributing to a thriving garden.

Browse our extensive range of mixed native hedging plants, delivered across the UK. Our native hedge mixes can suit all purposes, requirements and budgets, whether you have a small garden or a large landscape to cover.

What is a mixed native hedge?

A mixed native hedge is usually a mixture of different species, such as Quickthorn, Blackthorn and Hornbeam. The exact mixed native hedging depends on the individual’s requirements and interests. We have a range of native hedge mixes available depending on the type of hedgerow you’re looking for.

Mixed native hedging adds beauty to the English countryside, distinguishing boundaries between fields, woodland and roads. As a necessity in creating a habitat for many wild creatures, mixed hedging benefits the environment, marking the landscape with colour and life.

Over the past few decades, there has sadly been a decline in mixed native hedging. We’re here to help encourage and boost hedgerow mixes back into life and the environment with our varied collection of native mixed hedges.

Our types of mixed native hedging

With the variety of mixed native hedging available in our range, you can choose a suitable hedgerow mix for the specific needs of your garden or outdoor space.

Bird-friendly mixed native hedging

Our bird-friendly native hedging is a premium mixture that will grow into a dense intruder-proof hedgerow, encouraging birds and other wildlife to visit your garden. 

Edible mixed native hedging

Our edible mixed native hedging is the perfect hedgerow mix for foragers. Featuring a varied annual harvest of nuts, hips and berries, it’s a wildlife-friendly mixture, suitable for making jams, syrups and eating fresh.

Flowering mixed native hedging

Our flowering mixed native hedging mix is a natural stock and burglar-proof hedge with a mix of species, providing flowers for most of the season and berries and autumn foliage later in the year.

Garden and paddock mixed native hedging

As one of our most popular hedgerow mixes, the garden and paddock mixed native hedging is a cost-effective way to establish new species and is ideal for all kinds of general native hedge planting. This hedgerow mix has a diverse range of flowers, berries and colours and is exceptional for wildlife. 

Horse-friendly hedging plants

We carefully select our horse-friendly hedging plants in a mix of species, known to quickly grow into a stockproof field boundary, safe for horses and other animals in the enclosure.

Our mixed native hedging range also includes other options:

• Pot-grown mixed hedging
• Privacy mixed native hedging
• Species-rich mixed native hedging
• Thornless mixed native hedging

How do you care for mixed native hedges?

Mixed native hedging plants will grow into a dense, intruder-proof hedge, helping hedges meet boundary requirements and provide shelter and food for wildlife. Our hedgerow mixes are suitable for growing hedges of 120cm and upwards.

To care for a mixed native hedge, we’d recommend pruning from August to February but always check for nests beforehand. For max wildlife value we suggest following a biennial process so that one side is cut each year, leaving the other with the berries.

Our hedgerow mixes are available bare-root from November to early April, except for potted plants, which you can plant anytime throughout the year.  

When planting your mixed native hedging plants, we recommend single-row planting with three plants per metre or five plants for a staggered double row with 40cm between plants and the same for a complete double row. For a dense and fast-developing native mixed hedge, you can use seven plants per metre in a double row.

For more information about our range of mixed native hedging plants, contact our specialist team members at 01580 765600 or visit our contact page. We deliver our quality hedgerow mixed across the UK, meeting your gardening needs.