Phillyrea Hedging

Phillyrea angustifolia

A fabulous small leaved evergreen hedging plant often mistaken for a variety of olive or Bay, that really does deserve better recognition. Six centimetere long narrow evergreen leaves, pale green when young then darkening to a very deep lustrous green (in the photo opposite which is from the 2014 Telegraph Chelsea Flower Show garden, Phillyrea angustifolia are the two gorgeous dark green topiary domes at the front and back of the picture). The small leaves seem to catch and reflect the light and they clip beautifully, keep them as a hedge of 50-250cm in height, or as you can see – very nice topiary speciems and as they have the ability to grow taller if desired  making excellent cloud topiary subjects too. This is also a nice shrub to grow on its own, anywhere that could use a little screening or evergreen height that looks neat and tidy all year.

Older shrubs that arent tightly clipped will carry many fragrant creamy yellow flowers along the branches in small clusters during May and June.

Phillyrea angustifolia is hardy (-15C for sure) and not a difficult plant to grow, any reasonable garden soil is good as long as its not boggy in winter, and they do prefer full sun. Hedges and topiary are best trimmed during the summer months and the young shrubs have the advantage of developing satifyingly quickly at 20-40cm per year (Faster than Box, on a par/slightly faster than with Yew!). This is an excellent seaside plant too, seemingly immune to the salty winds.

New Phillyrea angustifolia hedges should be planted using 3-5 plants per metre, with the higher number reserved for the lower hedges at 50cm to ensure there are no low level gaps.

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