10 plants for low evergreen or flowering hedges - Jardiner Malin

Measuring between 0.80m and 1.50m high, the low hedges delimit the beds and the landscaping. They provide a sometimes persistent structure, covered with flowers or scented. They also serve to enhance the opacity of a taller hedge by creating a second layer. Discover 10 plants to make a low hedge.

Low maintenance hedge

Avoid maintenance thanks to a dwarf bamboo which brings a Japanese and modern touch to your exterior. The Miscanthus, on the other hand, slips into modern, easy-going gardens.

Dwarf bamboo

• Variety: Fargesia murielae ‘Bimbo’
• Height: 1m
• Flowering period: January
• Interest: forms a compact tuft of green stems and leaves which then turn yellow
• Exhibition: half shade
• Ground : fresh, rich and heavy
• The little extra? Non-tracing, this low strain is unlikely to overwhelm you!

Miscanthus

• Variety: Miscanthus sinensis ‘Adagio’
• Height: 90cm
• Flowering period: august to november
• Interest: its large golden floral spikes in summer and its supple stems
• Exhibition: Sun
• Ground : fresh but drained
• The little extra? Just cut back the clump in early spring, this is the only care this plant needs.

Low flowering hedge

Spirea and Perovskia have the advantage of being very floriferous in white or blue! The long flowering of Perovskia will never stop decorating your garden.

Serrated Spirea

• Variety: Spiraea cinerea ‘Grefsheim’
• Height: 1.20m
• Flowering period: April May
• Interest: its long flexible stems are covered with small white flowers in spring
• Exhibition: Sun
• Ground : drained, neutral to lime
• The little extra? Its green-blue foliage turns yellow and purple in the fall

Afghan sage

• Variety: Perovskia atriplicifolia ‘Little Spire’
• Height: 0.80m
• Flowering period: June to October
• Interest: its long flowering stems of a sublime blue-mauve
• Exhibition: Sun
• Ground : dry or even poor
• The little extra? Its compact habit, ideal as a low hedge and its aromatic gray-green foliage

Low persistent hedge

Charcoal and honeysuckle are perfect for a persistent hedge trimmed with a line ! You will then easily give them that linear and impeccable silhouette.

Boxwood Shrub Honeysuckle

• Variety: Lonicera nitida ‘Elegant’
• Height: 1.50m
• Flowering period: January
• Interest: its small rounded leaves and compact habit make pruning easy, then you can shape it as you want
• Exhibition: sun, partial shade
• Ground : fresh
• The little extra? Without pruning, it forms a beautiful evergreen ground cover

Japanese charcoal

• Variety: Euonymus japonicus ‘Aureus’
• Height: 1.50m
• Flowering period: June
• Interest: its variegated green and yellow leaves that make this shrub bright
• Exhibition: sun, partial shade
• Ground : deep, rich and fresh
• The little extra? Withstands spray and pollution well

Low hedge in front of the house

In front of the house, we hides from prying eyes thanks to two sure values ​​of hedges: Mexican orange and palm laurel. These two dwarf varieties easily compose a low opaque hedge.

Dwarf Mexican orange

• Variety: Choisya x dewitteana ‘White Dazzler’
• Height: 1.20m
• Flowering period: April-May and September
• Interest: forms a compact ball made up of fine, lanceolate evergreen foliage
• Exhibition: sun, partial shade
• Ground : light and drained
• The little extra? Blooms twice a year offering bouquets of fragrant white flowers

Palm laurel (or cherry laurel)

• Variety: Cherry Laurel "Zabeliana"
• Height: 1m
• Flowering period: May then September
• Interest: low branching variety composed of large oval leaves with pointed ends, green and glossy
• Exhibition: sun, partial shade
• Ground : ordinary, fresh and deep
• The little extra? Its flowering in white clusters

Low hedge terrace border

At the edge of the terrace, choose fragrant species such as the delicious iceberg rose. Also observe the butterflies thanks to a dwarf buddleia!

Iceberg rose (or snow fairy)

• Variety: Rosa ‘Korbin’
• Height: 1.30m
• Flowering period: June to October
• Interest: this cultivar has clustered, white and very fragrant flowers, ideal for the edge of the terrace
• Exhibition: sun, partial shade
• Ground : fresh but drained, neutral to limestone
• The little extra? Its robustness and long flowering

Dwarf buddleia

• Variety: Buddleia ‘Miss Ruby’
• Height: 1.20m
• Flowering period: July to October
• Interest: bright pink floral spikes
• Exhibition: Sun
• Ground : fresh but drained
• The little extra? Its flowers attract butterflies

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