For several thousand years man has placed boundaries, more often than not in the form of hedges, around the land he cleared for agriculture. Various species of plants are used for their sustainability, one of which is Field Maple (Acer Campestre) our only native maple tree or shrub.
It is a deciduous tree and is with a reasonable growth rate usually seen in the hedgerows as a shrub since it responds really well to being pruned and will regrow with many, vigorous shoots, but also can be left to grow into an established tree within that hedgerow. As with many other hedgerow plants Field Maple tolerates most soils even moist soil as long as it is well drained and as a young plant is very shade tolerant, hence it seeds well under existing plants but as it ages it prefers more light. The wood of Field Maple is quite tough and is sometimes used in furniture making, flooring and wood turning although for these purposes it is relatively slow growing so does not feature hugely in those industries. The flowers are produced in spring along with the yellow-green foliage again as part of sustainable stewardship hedgerow planting attracting insects for the pollen and nectar as part of the eco system. The nature of a Stewardship hedge will define the local landscape and this is why it is quite important to use native species such as Field Maple in the mix which is usually planted as a double staggered row of between 5-7 plants per metre.
A friendly heads up about our stewardship Field Maple hedging products……
Products in our Farm Stewardship Hedging section are priced on a wholesale basis for larger scale farm and professional users and so in the spirit of wholesale, a minimum order value of £250 (excluding VAT) applies. We still accept orders below this value, but we must point out that they will automatically attract a £49 (excluding VAT) delivery charge to cover our packing, administration and delivery costs fully on these low margin products.
If your order is significantly under £250 it would almost certainly be more economical for you (after the delivery cost has been applied) to order from our main Field Maple hedging page where the plants may cost a little more but delivery is free on orders over £60 (ex VAT).
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)
Location | Order Value | Price |
UK Mainland excluding Highlands | Up to £90 | £15.00 |
UK Mainland excluding Highlands | Over £90 | Free |
Scottish Highlands and Isle of Wight | All orders | £24.00 |
Heavy Plants (Pallet Delivery)
Location | Order Value | Price |
UK Mainland excluding Highlands | Up to £420 | £72.00 |
UK Mainland excluding Highlands | Over £420 | Free |
Scottish Highlands and Isle of Wight | All orders | £72.00 |
Tall Plants 2.5m+ (Specialist Delivery)
Location | Order Value | Price |
UK Mainland excluding Highlands | Under £1800 | Please call us |
UK Mainland excluding Highlands | Over £1800 | Free |
Scottish Highlands and Isle of Wight | All orders | Not 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.
Please note there is a minimum order value of £50 for orders containing smaller plants and £250 for orders containing heavier plants
Complete delivery information can be viewed on our Delivery Information page