including evergreen hedges like box and privet, and deciduous hornbeam and beech hedges. To keep them at their best, a first prune is likely for early summer. After pruning hedges in warmer months ...

That trait is particularly well seen in Beech hedges that, in sheltered areas, can support a full covering of dead brown leaves throughout the winter. In autumn Beech produces it familiar ...

Additional evergreens like yew, holly and common beech which holds onto its autumn leaves mean that there's always something to see. Choose a mixture of hedging trees and shrubs; birch ...