Landscaping with hedges is a no-brainer when it comes to adding easy structure to your yard, whether it's a soft natural screen, smart edging for paths and borders, helping to divide up spaces or adding a clipped eye-catching feature.
Depending on the variety you choose hedges can add a dark, dense backdrop that's perfect for colorful borders to pop against, while low hedges are ideal for dividing up spaces and adding definition to break up planting. To mix things up you can get flowering hedges and varieties with colored leaves, and it goes without saying that birds love them, especially the ones laden with berries.
It's a good idea to strike a balance between evergreen and deciduous species in your landscaping ideas if you have the space. Evergreens are effective year-round screens, but can look a bit dark and gloomy in winter, while deciduous hedges filter light for most of the year, and offer seasonal color, too. Either way they're unbeatable to add to the mix.
BY SARAH WILSON
These smart solutions for landscaping with hedges will transform your space, turning simple garden boundaries into an eye-catching feature
