Common Buckthorn is a native, thorny species with brown bark, prickly branches, and black-brown coloured leaf buds. Buckthorn is slow growing, but great for any wet sites!̴Ì?
Common Buckthorn leaves are dark-green and glossy, with a finely toothed edging, turning yellow before they fall in Autumn. Being a dioecious plant, both male and female flowers are found on separate plants. They will appear as small, yellow-green blooms with small petals.
Soon after pollination, Common Buckthorn's female flowers will then develop into dark, black berries. The seed from these berries are willingly then scattered by the birds.
Common Buckthorn will always prefer a well-draining, but wet site. It has the ability to adapt and grow in a huge variety of habitats and soil types, making it a very hardy, durable species.
Prune your Common Buckthorn plant in Summer as to avoid the risk of bleeding from cuts- well established hedging will need very little pruning, but this depends on the plant height desired. All you will need to do is remove any diseased, dead, crossing, damaged, or congested shoots- those growing out of the desired shape can also be pruned out. You will not need to carry out a pruning routine.
We do recommend adding some mulch and feed, however, after pruning. This will maintain overall health.
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Common Buckthorn is a native, thorny species with brown bark, prickly branches, and black-brown coloured leaf buds. Buckthorn is slow growing, but great for any wet sites!̴Ì?
Common Buckthorn leaves are dark-green and glossy, with a finely toothed edging, turning yellow before they fall in Autumn. Being a dioecious plant, both male and female flowers are found on separate plants. They will appear as small, yellow-green blooms with small petals.
Soon after pollination, Common Buckthorn's female flowers will then develop into dark, black berries. The seed from these berries are willingly then scattered by the birds.
Common Buckthorn will always prefer a well-draining, but wet site. It has the ability to adapt and grow in a huge variety of habitats and soil types, making it a very hardy, durable species.
Prune your Common Buckthorn plant in Summer as to avoid the risk of bleeding from cuts- well established hedging will need very little pruning, but this depends on the plant height desired. All you will need to do is remove any diseased, dead, crossing, damaged, or congested shoots- those growing out of the desired shape can also be pruned out. You will not need to carry out a pruning routine.
We do recommend adding some mulch and feed, however, after pruning. This will maintain overall health.
Field grown, bare roots are young plants that are only planted when they are dormant, from autumn to spring. We lift bare root plants and despatch them during the season but they can be pre-ordered in summer. As they are cheaper to grow, they are one of our most affordable hedge planting options.
Pot grown plants can be planted year round and make a convenient option. They come in a wide range of sizes, from 10cm to 2.5m so they're suitable for the majority of planting requirements.
Also field grown, root ball plants are scooped out of the ground using machinery to keep their root system intact and wrapped in bio-degradable, hessian sacks. They are mature plants that provide dense coverage very early on, ideal for when you need a thick hedge quickly.
Grown in troughs or bags that measure 50cm-1 metre in length and carefully clipped during the growing season. Our instant hegding troughs create a dramatic, instant hedge effect.
Our bare root discount deals include bundles of 50, 100, and 250 plants. The bigger the bundle, the higher the discount.
