Want to cut down pollution and boost wildlife at the same time? You might want to consider planting a hedge. Hedges can not only absorb fumes from cars, cut noise pollution and keep nosy neighbours at ...

If an Englishman’s home is his castle, hedges are the fortifications that mark his boundaries. It may only be a foot high but is a clear delineator of where your territory starts and ends. Taller ...

Shrubs that are being used as hedging include Berberis darwinii, Camellia, Elaeagnus, Euonymus, Hebe, Hydrangea, Hypericum, ...

ON the road from this to Belfast there is a thorn hedge with beech trees at intervals, and thorn plants have grown right through the middle of the trunks of two of the beeches. I do not know whether ...