Flowering Currant King Edward Vii Hedging

Flowering Currant Hedge

This is also an excellent plant for a more informal flowering hedge or screen, if the shrubs are set at 3 per metre  (further apart if you are patient) an attractive hedge can be grown within a few seasons, our strong potted plants will outperform bare root plants and give the best results. Flowering Currant hedges can be easily maintained at a height of 90-150cm or more.

Flowering Currant King Edward VII is an easy plant to grow, they are content in all types of well drained soil inconditions from full sun to moderate shade, once established they are a drought tolerant shrub. Hedges are best trimmed immediatly after flowering, although they need little maintenance, solitary shrubs should also be prined after flowering to keep a good shape and remove any congested or dead branches.

How to grow Flowering Currant King Edward VII

Position: Full sun, partial shade, moderate shade.

Foliage: Deciduous shrub, leaves drop from the plant in Autumn and fresh new ones emerge in Spring.

Soil and site: Any average well drained soil.

Flowering time: April and May

Growth rate: slow/moderate

Ultimate height and spread: 180cm high x 150cm wide.

Hardiness: Fully hardy.

Aftercare: Water regularly after planting and for the first season. Trim hedges and shrubs in Spring after flowering.

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)

Heavy Plants (Pallet Delivery)

Tall Plants 2.5m+ (Specialist Delivery)

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