Hedges are one of the oldest man-made features in our landscape, the planting and maintaining of them is common practice and is a superb way of conserving and enhancing the countryside. Corylus Avellana more commonly known as Hazel, is often found in a lot of mixed hedgerows and is widely recognised with its distinctive pale yellow catkins known as lamb tails that appear in later winter and well known for the nuts it produces popular with the squirrels!
For a while a lot of hedgerows on farms were destroyed to enable more efficient farming but in more recent years the Stewardship farming scheme has been created to encourage re-planting to help the environment and native Hazel is one of the plants included in the scheme being a fantastic resource of food and shelter for wildlife. Hazel is a very versatile deciduous shrub often used within a mixed hedge as it provides a good base being a suckering species but can also be grown admirably as a single species hedge.
The rounded leaves of Hazel are popular with caterpillars and provide excellent shelter for nesting birds. Hazel has a quick growth rate and is excellent grown and farmed as a coppiced wood.
They usually have several stems from each coppiced stool which can then be harvested every five to ten years. If areas of the coppice are harvested on rotation there will be an annual crop to be cut providing a yearly income. The coppiced wood is used in many ways, young shoots are supple so are excellent for weaving with older wood used for hurdles, furniture, building materials and fuel. Coppicing a wood provides an ever-changing environment maintaining the biodiversity of an area.
If you are keen to attract ground nesting birds such as nightingales, willow warblers and yellowhammers a coppiced wood provides an excellent habitat! Hazel wood is thought to have healing properties if worn next to the skin and the production of jewellery using hazel is becoming increasingly popular.
A friendly heads up about our stewardship Hazel 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 Hazel Hedging page where the plants may cost a little more but delivery is free on orders over £60 (ex VAT).
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)
| 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
