small hedge plants
Creating a beautiful, low-maintenance landscape often starts with the right choice of small hedge plants. Whether you’re looking to define borders, boost curb appeal, or add privacy to your outdoor space, small hedge plants offer versatile solutions ideal for New Zealand gardens. These compact shrubs are perfect for urban yards, patios, or along pathways where space is limited, delivering dense foliage, year-round interest, and easy shaping.
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. With excellent cold tolerance and minimal shaping required, it's a reliable choice for formal gardens, cottage landscapes, and container planting throughout New Zealand.
From $20.18
Pittosporum Small Ball (Dwarf Pittosporum)
Pittosporum Small Ball is a dwarf variety grown for its glossy, olive-green leaves which are held densely. This evergreen grows with a ball shape to about 1 m tall and the same wide. This hardy plant is ideal for including in a mixed planting, growing in a container, including in rock gardens, or using in border plantings. Pittosporum Small Ball also looks great when planted around water features such as ponds or swimming pools.
