Neat Hedges for Tidy Edges

Looking for a low border hedge? These varieties stay compact, can be easily pruned to keep your garden looking great- neat and tidy

Low Border Hedges are the finishing touch that helps to define the garden space.

Japanese Box – Classic Hedging Plant – Lovely light green, oval shaped foliage. Ties in with many landscape styles. Slower growing means you can keep this hedge under your control. The lime green colour looks great and contrasts beautifully with darker green foliage.
African Box – Classic Hedging Plant – Quick to grow with small, tight knit foliage. Perfect to use for topiary shapes – you can clip into a swan or an elephant or whatever your creative self wishes.
English Box– Classic Hedging Plant -Very robust, deep emerald green colour. Tolerates many soil types. Likes full sun and can grow in the shade. Good to use if you want a hedge that is both in the sun and shade.
Port Wine Magnolia – this shrub can grow 2-3m tall, but can be kept at around 1m quite nicely as it’s not the fastest of growers. Regular pruning encourages a dense habit and more flowers. The flowers produce the most divine scent, especially after a warm day. They flower mid stem not on terminals so you can cut and trim away without removing the beautifully fragrant bud like flowers
Murraya Hip High – Murraya paniculata dwarf form. Same as standard Murraya, but only grows to 1m x 1m. Perfect for small hedges or borders with a gorgeous citrus blossom scent
Euonymus Green Rocket Grows 1-1.5m m x 0.75m Compact, neat and tidy. Deep green foliage. Alternative to English Box. Ideal for narrow spaces.

You’ll want to keep the flowers on these, so no need to clip so often

Gardenia Florida – grows to 1mx1m. Looks great planted in front of a larger, clipped hedge. Rarely needs pruning. Sweet smelling flowers bloom from spring to late autumn and even into winter
Gardenia Grandiflora Star – No pruning needed, this little shrub only grows to 50cm x50cm. Lovely fragrant flowers from spring to late autumn.

Or use climbers as a hedge – a bit more clipping to keep it in shape, but you’ll get a low hedge quite quickly.

Chinese Star Jasmine – let this grow rambling on the ground and then clip it into shape to create boundaries. This looks fantastic planted under pleached trees, neatly trimmed into shape. Or plant it in front of a higher hedge. Fragrant white star shaped flowers in spring and autumn.
Hibbertia scandens – native to the Southwest, this will normally climb, but can be clipped into a low growing hedge for borders.

Agonis flexuosa nana– this has been around forever with good reason. Loved by landscapers all around the southwest and Perth, this plant is tough and looks good. Used as a backdrop for many styles of gardens. Can grow around 1m – 1.2m
Nandina Dwarf – lovely leafy little shrub. Keeps its shape nicely without any need for pruning. Wonderful colour in the foliage year round with lots of variation in colour. Greens, oranges, yellows and reds. Reddens up more in Winter time
Nandina Gulf Stream – Another form of Nandina.This one only grows 0.75m and keeps it shape . The foliage is different shape – to the regular Nandina. Both are great choices. Rarely any problems with either of these