Spindle Hedging

One of our most colourful hedgerow natives that does particularly well on chalky soil, in Autumn the leaves turn to rich pinkish-red, the same colour as the intriguing fruits.

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Bare Root Hedging

These are field grown plants, lifted during the dormant season (normally November-April) and delivered ready for planting without any soil on the roots. The most cost-effective way to plant a new hedge.

Spindle Bare Root Hedging 2-3ft 60/90cm

  • 2 year old

  • Plant(s) per metre: 3-7
  • Minimum order quantity: 1

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Spindle Bare Root Hedging 3-4ft 90/120cm

  • 2 year old

  • Plant(s) per metre: 3-5
  • Minimum order quantity: 1

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Spindle Bare Root Hedging 1.5-2ft 40/60cm

  • 1 year old

  • Plant(s) per metre: 3-7
  • Minimum order quantity: 1

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Native to much of Europe, Spindle ‘Euonymus Europaeus’ a species of the Celastraceae family, is a fine addition to any hedgerow and commonly used in native country hedgerow mixes adding superb autumnal colour with its green leaves turning rich pinkish-red, a similar colour to its intriguing fruits. Unusually the green stems of this fast growing deciduous shrub or small tree start off round, becoming very distinctive as they turn square with corky markings before returning to round as they grow and mature.

A tough and reliable shrub or small tree, it has fairly insignificant small yellow flowers in spring very attractive to insects and bees which are followed in autumn by unique and exquisite vivid pink four lobed fruits covering orange seeds. Spindle is a hardy fast growing shrub making it excellent to provide quick cover, along with being resistant to frost and wind. It is unlikely to grow above 6 metres even on its preferred chalky soil.

In years gone by, Spindle wood was used to make Spindles for spinning and holding wool hence its name. The wood is very hard and can be cut to a sharp point, the creamy white, hard and dense timber was also used to make skewers, toothpicks, pegs and knitting needles. The fruits used to be baked and powered, using the powder to treat head lice or mange in cattle! As well as being a useful hedging plant or ornamental shrub, the timber from Spindle is used today to make high quality charcoal for artists making it a profitable shrub to grow.

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)

LocationOrder ValuePrice
UK Mainland excluding HighlandsUp to £90£9.00
UK Mainland excluding HighlandsOver £90Free
Scottish Highlands and Isle of WightAll orders£24.00

Heavy Plants (Pallet Delivery)

LocationOrder ValuePrice
UK Mainland excluding HighlandsUp to £420£72.00
UK Mainland excluding HighlandsOver £420Free
Scottish Highlands and Isle of WightAll orders£72.00

Tall Plants 2.5m+ (Specialist Delivery)

LocationOrder ValuePrice
UK Mainland excluding HighlandsUnder £1800Please call us
UK Mainland excluding HighlandsOver £1800Free
Scottish Highlands and Isle of WightAll ordersNot 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.

Complete delivery information can be viewed on our
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