Easy-care hedges: Our top 6 for privacy protection

No more prying eyes - we will show you six hedges that are not only a privacy screen, but are also particularly easy to care for.

Hedges are something beautiful: They protect against prying eyes, limit our gardens and also look good. If only it weren't for all the work. After all, you have to cut hedges, they need regular fertilizer and water and anyway a lot of care. Would you rather grab the fence then? No, these six hedges offer a green alternative to the garden fence, are particularly easy to care for and even look good.

1. hornbeams

The hornbeam is actually a swindler - it is not a beech at all but a birch family and therefore much more robust and undemanding than its namesake. So it can thrive in both sun and shade and even tolerates temporary drought and waterlogging. The green hedge grows up to four meters high and can be cut up to twice a year to keep it in shape. But the beech also tolerates a pruning well, although it then looks a bit wilder thanks to its strong growth.

2. ilex

The Ilex (also called holly) is a pretty prickly affair. Nevertheless, the evergreen forest plant is ideal as a hedge. The Ilex grows best in partially shaded locations with humus-rich soil. There are now even frost-hardy varieties that also thrive in Germany. In summer, the hedge is also adorned with red berries, which makes it particularly attractive. The slow growth, on the other hand, is both an advantage and a disadvantage of the plant: In order to stay in shape, it only needs one cut a year, but it is also relatively expensive.

3. medlar

The photiniae makes demands on its location, but if you give it a protected place in the Partial shade in a mild winter region, it turns into a very easy to care for contemporary. The medlar tolerates drought and heat and, as a hedge, has evergreen leaves one to two meters high. Variegated varieties such as "Pink Marbel" or "Red Robin" are particularly beautiful, making the plant more than just a boring privacy screen. Disadvantages of the plant are only its low frost hardiness and a susceptibility to fire blight, a notifiable plant disease.

4. Japanese lavender heather

With its evergreen foliage, dense growth and bell-like flowers, Japanese lavender heather (also known as shadow bells) is one of the most beautiful types of hedges. Although it is still rather unknown in Germany, it is ideal for the garden: it is undemanding to the ground, grows slowly and therefore only needs a few cuts, which it does well tolerates. It is also hardy and only sheds a few leaves. It prefers semi-shady to shady locations. The only regular care measures to be mentioned are watering in dry periods and the occasional distribution of a handful of fertilizer.

5. liguster

The privet is a true survivor: it gets along with almost all locations and soils. The native shrub is also very robust and you can choose between deciduous and evergreen varieties. In addition, the privet grows and multiplies very quickly. This can be used by simply propagating the hedge with sticks instead of buying them expensively in the store. The plant also tolerates radical pruning: As a rule, the privet should be cut twice a year to keep it in the right shape. At the same time, its enormous growth also causes problems: runners and dense roots quickly form, causing problems for other plants.

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6. yew

Evergreen, easy to cut and robust - what more could you want from a hedge plant? The yew is an ideal plant for hedges one to four meters high. It gets along just as well in the sun as it does in the shade, and even soil that is not too dry and heavily rooted is not a problem for it. The plant also tolerates heavy pruning down to the wood without damage. In addition, the yew is very durable - with good care, 1000 years is child's play for this hedge. However, the yew has one shortcoming: all parts of its plant are poisonous and can cause damage to health if eaten.

They are particularly suitable as privacy screens hardy flowering hedges at. We have compiled a list of the best hedges of this type for you.

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