Many of these flowering hedge plants provide valuable shelter and ... For a barbed hedge that is slightly on the wild-side, Blackthorn or prunus spinosa is an excellent choice.

They'll love any white or cream coloured flowers so blackthorn blossom ... in bundles or as single plants from late autumn to early spring. Some companies supply hedging mixes.

Whilst spring can sometimes seem to drag its feet a little, there are some plants out there that are getting into the swing of things this month.

A 200-metre stretch of hedgerow was planted parallel to an existing Devon hedge, with 165 hawthorn, blackthorn ... on the task of planting 330 hedge plants around a dead hedge built from donated ...