You Garden Hedging - Blackthorn Prunus Spinosa - 25 Bare Roots Approx 60 90cm

Description

Blackthorn Hedging is a beautiful way to bring shape, colour and texture to your outdoor space. Please note: This product cannot be delivered to Northern Ireland. Commonly known as Blackthorn. a reliable hedgerow that not only adds privacy to the garden but produces delicious sloes every year. Dainty white flowers grow in abundance from the early days of spring, even before green leaves have the chance to appear, to spark life into typically dormant gardens. These hedges boast bushy foliage with oval-shaped leaves and thorny branches as summer rolls around, before small, inky black sloe fruits, very similar to damsons, grow in autumn. Seen across the UK in natural hedgerows as sloe bushes, any fruits left untouched by the birds can be picked when ripe in November and used to make a sweet, fruity flavoured gin. Boasting an impressive growth rate of 40-60cm per year, these hardy hedges perform well when planted in a variety of soil types and sunny