Hedge plants that bloom: a beautiful sight
There is nothing more beautiful than flowering hedge plants in your garden in spring and summer, right? Ideally, you'd like to enjoy them even longer. But the fact is that flowering is triggered by the amount of sunlight and the higher temperatures that come with it. However, you can plant a mixed hedge in which the flowering periods of the flowers follow each other more or less closely. Then you will enjoy it longer. In this blog we will discuss hedge plants that produce flowers in spring and summer. And how you can make sure the flowering is as optimal as possible.
Privet or hedge privet
The flowering hedge plants that we have in our assortment are the privet hedge plants: the Ligustrum Vulgare Lodense, (or Liguster Lodense or Little Privet), the Ligustrum Vulgare Atrovirens (also known as Liguster Atrovirens) and the Ligustrum Ovalifolium (these are also called Liguster Ovalifolium or Hague privet). In the spring, beautiful flowers appear that give off a nice fragrance. After the flowering period black berries appear on the branches. The flowers and black berries bring a lot of liveliness to your garden. Birds, bees and butterflies will thank you. And you'll have something extra to look at in addition to the flowering hedge.
Iles, Holly or Shrub
With the hedge plant Ilex - also called Holly or Shrub - it really never gets boring in your garden. The hedge plant remains green all year round and in May and June it blossoms abundantly. White flowers appear on the branches. And then - from about September to March - follow the striking, red berries, which you probably know from the flower decorations around Christmas. We have a number of varieties of this hedge plant, namely: Ilex Aquifolium (ordinary Holly or evergreen Heester), Ilex Meserveae Heckenpracht (also called Hulst Heckenpracht or Ilex Heckenpracht) and Ilex Aquifolium Alaska (or: Holly Alaska or Ilex Alaska).
Plenty of hours in the sun gives richer blooms
You can't 'control' everything, but if you love flowers you can at least give your hedge a helping hand. Do you want it to provide you with beautiful flowers in the warm months? Then plant it in a place with lots of sun. Of course, hedge plants do well in the shade, but lots of sun simply means that the blooms are richer. You can take this into account. Suppose that about half of your hedge is in the shade for a large part of the day, then you can put hedge plants that do not flower there. On the other, sunny side, you can plant flowering plants. This way you make optimal use of the circumstances.
Making the most of flowering: removing old flowers
Watering is also important. That goes without saying. Not too little, but certainly not too much watering either. It is also wise to cut away the wilted flowers after flowering. This way, the hedge plant can ensure an optimal flowering period the following year. If you don't remove the old flowers, eventually no more flowers will grow. That would be a shame, wouldn't it! Hedging plants are generally quite similar in terms of care, but there are some differences. So always keep an eye on the instructions. That way you won't be in for any unpleasant surprises.
Combining hedge plants is always a good idea
Hedging plants have beautiful colors even without flowers, and because of the different types of leaves they all look different. An attractive sight. Combining hedge plants is therefore not only ideal for flowering, but also for variety in your garden. And if you also take the flowering period into account, you will always have a colourful garden where you’ll always have something to see. If it is not the flowers or the butterflies and bees, then it is the different colors or growth habits of the plants.