Hedging and trees

Trees make a garden giving shade, height, blossom, foliage, colour, texture and a sense of permanence. The small Rowan is good for smaller gardens the mighty Oak larger gardens, Pleached Limes for screening and tight spaces.

Tree history and information

With the advent of thousands of miles of native hedgerows ripped out in the last hundred years it now falls to the home owner to plant hedging to bring wildlife into the garden. Since 1905 our Hazel coppices have depleted from 500,000 acres down to only 94,000 acres. The Elm via Dutch elm disease has decimated our woodlands with over eleven million trees lost to the disease.

The sweet chestnut was introduced in Roman times, in 1947 there were 49,000 acres of chestnut coppice, now only 2,000 acres remain

For the garden apart from the obvious wildlife and visual benefits, the right trees and hedging can help the gardener and save money. All British hardwoods will give pea sticks, rake handles, flower stakes, firewood and charcoal if coppiced regularly. The birch will give its bark with out harming the tree for fire lighting, The lime will give its flowers for tea, and of course theres the nuts and fruits if you can beat the squirrels and the birds.

Aelle can supply and plant young hedging plants 1-2ft high all the way through to a semi mature hedge 6-8ft in height.

The traditional planting times for bare root trees and hedging is November through to the end of March. A variety of hedging is available from the Autumnal butter yellows of the native Maple to the traditional native hedge beloved of wildlife.

The stately Yew and Box offers a formal look with a lovely dark green backdrop to planting whilst the king of hedging Beech has green foliage in summer and golden leaves in winter.

Aelle can supply young year old whips through to mature large trees, the choice is astounding! And there are trees to suit all gardens and budgets.

Bare root trees offer value for money and a pot grown tree offer larger specimens and fills the planting gap from spring to autumn.