Hedge grown from cells

Aries

I am wanting to grow a Hedge at the bottom of my Garden.

On https://www.hedgesdirect.co.uk they sell bare root, potted and cell grown

plants,the cell grown are much cheaper.

Has anyone tried the cell grow Hedge please?

Thanks Kath

Money_maker

Probably much cheaper as they will be a large plug sort of size rather than a decent sized plant. You need to decide if the variety you want is fast growing enough to catch up within a short space of time or if it would take years for the cell sized plants to reach the size of the potted/bareroot plants.

Davesnave

Their site is pretty clear about the differences in the way one may buy hedging & the advantages & disadvantages of each approach.

For someone wanting a hedge in a year or two's time, or immediately in a weed free environment, they might be an option, but that someone would need to remember to water/weed the plants, and/or pot them on etc if growing in pots until they were more robust.

Going for bare root plants in winter would seem altogether easier, and the cheapest, fastest way to a decent sized hedge.

westiea

http://www.hedgenursery.co.uk/modules/user/advice.asp

has a good description of the pros and cons of each.I would say it depends on the size of your hedge and your budget as to choice though.

I am still old school and believe that a bare root 'gets away' faster and of course you dont have the pain of continual watering.

Aries

Thank you all for your replies.

I have decided to order the bare roots for winter delivery.
This way I will have more time to prepare the soil and get taller plants.
I was just curious about the Cell grown plants, I hadn't heard about them before.

Many thanks
Kath