Four Season Flowering Eco Hedge Collection

This is a collection of 10 varieties of deciduous and hardy shrubs, easy to grow and maintain, forming a constantly evolving ensemble throughout the seasons and remaining decorative all year round. Depending on the plants, they are interesting for their flowering, sometimes for their fragrance, fruiting, the beauty of their wood, or their autumn colours. This hedge will also protect the garden from prying eyes and wind during the summer and provide shelter and food for a variety of useful wildlife. Delivered as a collection of 10 plants in pots. This shrub kit in pots allows you to create approximately 10 metres (33 feet) of four-season hedging at a lower cost.

The collection consists of:

- 1 Lonicera fragrantissima - Winter Honeysuckle: approximately 2.50 m (8ft) in height and 2.75 m (9ft) in width. The foliage is dense, more or less evergreen in winter depending on the climate, and often falls in January-February. Winter flowering, from December to March depending on the region. The very nectar-rich small white flowers are fragrant and give way to small reddish fruits that ripen in late spring and early summer. 

- 1 Forsythia intermedia Spectabilis: approximately 2.50 m (8ft) in height and 2 m (7ft) in width, fast-growing. Deciduous foliage, absent in winter. It is one of the first to flower at the end of winter, in March-April, and one of the most floriferous. Its small flowers of a bright yellow appear before the foliage, along the branches.

- 1 Cornus sanguinea Winter Beauty - Bloodtwig Dogwood: approximately 2.50 m (8ft) in height and 1.20 m (4ft) in width. Deciduous foliage, absent in winter. Young stems are shiny, almost fluorescent in winter, in shades of yellow, orange, and red. Its autumn foliage is another asset, yellow to yellow-orange, sometimes slightly tinged with silver. Flowering in May-June, white, slightly fragrant, highly appreciated by pollinating insects. Small round berries that turn dark violet in summer.

- 1 Viburnum opulus Roseum - Snowball Tree: approximately 3.50 m (11ft) in height and 3 m (10ft) in width, fast-growing. Flowering occurs between May and June, the flowers are gathered in beautiful green balls that turn white, 5 to 6 cm (2in) in diameter. Its green foliage turns purple in autumn.

- 1 Deutzia gracilis Nikko - Deutzia: 50 cm (20in) to 1 m (3ft) in height and 60 cm (24in) in width. This small spreading shrub blooms in May-June, producing clusters of multiple bell-shaped flowers in pure white, more or less fragrant. Its deciduous foliage is silver-green during flowering and turns wine-red in autumn before falling.

- 1 Philadelphus coronarius - Mock Orange: between 2 and 3 m (7 and 10ft) in height, almost the same in width. Deciduous foliage, turning yellow in autumn before falling. Flowering in May-June depending on the climate, with numerous cup-shaped white flowers. Its fragrance is very pronounced, giving off delightful orange blossom aromas that attract pollinating insects.

- 1 Buddleia davidii Pink Delight - Butterfly Bush: approximately 3 m (10ft) in height and 4 m (13ft) in width, fast-growing. Flowering from August to October at the end of gracefully arching branches, with dense and upright clusters, 25 cm (10in) long, fragrant and a very pretty bright pink. Its long deciduous leaves fall in autumn.

- 1 Weigela Bristol Ruby: approximately 2.50 m (8ft) in height and 2 m (7ft) in width. Large ramified bush with arched branches, adorned with beautiful funnel-shaped flowers in two shades of red. It blooms abundantly from May to June, and more sporadically in summer. Its deciduous foliage is composed of dark green leaves.

- 1 Callicarpa bodinieri Profusion: approximately 2.50 m (8ft) in height and 1.50 m (5ft) in width. It is known for the abundance and very bright violet colour of its clusters of shiny fruits, decorative in autumn and much of winter. It displays numerous purple shoots in spring, also very decorative, and its autumn foliage, orange to purple, is also very ornamental. Its deciduous foliage falls in October.

- 1 Symphoricarpos dorenbosii - Mother of Pearl Snowberry: approximately 1.50 m (5ft) in all directions. A profusion of pale pink berries, gathered in large and very decorative clusters from August onwards. They remain decorative until January on the bare branches. Discreet summer flowering. The deciduous foliage, dark green in colour, turns beautiful shades of yellow in autumn before falling.

Plant these bushes preferably in autumn or early spring, in full sun or partial shade, mixing and spacing them about 1 metre (3 feet) apart. They are content with any well-prepared garden soil improved with leaf compost. Varied hedges require little or no pruning, allowing you to enjoy the flowers and fruits.