Wildlife Mixed Hedging

Product Description

Wildlife Mixed Hedging Create a boundary for wildlife with the Wildlife Mixed Hedging. Better than fences or walls these native shrubs can be used to allow wildlife to thrive in your very own back garden. The Wildlife Mixed Hedging is made up of three essential varieties that offer great value to wildlife.; Acer Campestre One of the best natives trees for Autumn colour, It has dark green lobed leaves which turn a buttery yellow in Autumn. Attractive to aphids & their predators, including many species of ladybird, hoverfly & bird. Providing nectar & pollen sources for bees & birds, & small mammals eat the fruits. Carpinus Betulus A very popular native species with very similar characteristics to Beech
- in that it retains many of its leaves in winter. Like beech, a hornbeam hedge will keep its leaves all year round, providing shelter, roosting, nesting & foraging opportunities for birds & small mammals.; Corylus Avelana (Hazel) Plant A native deciduous plant that is great in a mixed or single species hedge. This bushy variety also produces attractive autumn colours as the leaves turn to shades of orange & yellow. Hazel provides food for caterpillars & moths & a wildflower-rich habitat for butterflies. Hazelnuts are also known to attract woodpeckers, tits, wood pigeons & small mammals.