Viburnum Tinus Hedging

Viburnum Tinus or Laurustinus is from the family Adoxaceae native to southern Europe and north Africa with images of it appearing in early depictions of the ruins of Pompeii. It is a large, bushy evergreen shrub with glossy dark green leaves similar to Bay Laurel, hence the title Laurustinus. An attractive shrub it adds colour to the garden in winter when the white flowers develop from pink buds over an extended period from November through to May, followed by small black fruit in summer. Now naturalised in The British Isles it dates back at least to the late 16th century thereafter gaining in popularity for its winter born flower. A very robust plant it will put up with urban pollution, shade, coastal and windy sites and is a good shrub to plant near deciduous trees to give winter cover. Viburnum Tinus is superb as a specimen shrub or will make an excellent informal evergreen hedge.

Lauristinus although beautiful is a very hardy plant surviving through most conditions as long as the soil is fairly reasonable but moist and well drained. Suitable for hedging between 120-250cm and planting 2-5 plants per metre depending on the size of plant purchased, it will grow at a rate of 20-30cm per year. Trimming would normally be in spring after flowering.

Viburnum Tinus is pot grown and therefore can be purchased throughout the year for planting as necessary. This is the least traumatic method of planting as there is no root disturbance so the plant will get established in the ground fairly quickly.

Any questions you may have with reference to Viburnum Tinus please telephone one of our team who will be happy to help.

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