best small hedge plants
Looking to define garden beds, create privacy, or add structure to your landscape? Choosing the best small hedge plants can transform your outdoor space, even with limited room. Compact hedges make excellent borders, screen unsightly corners, and offer year-round appeal without overshadowing other plantings. With so many versatile options suitable for New Zealand conditions, it’s easy to find small hedges that fit your style, thrive in our climate, and are manageable in size.
Corokia 'Little Prince'
Corokia 'Little Prince' is a small and twiggy, NZ native shrub that features small, grey-brown leaves and black stems. The slim, intertwined stems afford an unusual element to this plant. It produces masses of small, yellow flowers in spring which are followed by red berries in autumn as it grows to 3 m tall and 1.5 m wide.
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Buxus microphylla (Littleleaf Boxwood)
Buxus microphylla, commonly known as Japanese Box or Littleleaf Boxwood, is a compact evergreen shrub renowned for its dense, glossy green foliage and adaptability to shaping. Ideal for formal hedges, borders, and topiary, it maintains its vibrant colour year-round.
From $16.95
