What is the best hedging plant?
There are a multitude of formal hedging plants, most will have a smaller leaf or needles which help to create neat razor sharp edges when trimmed, the most popular ones being English Yew, Common Box, both varieties of Beech Hedging, Hornbeam, Portugal Laurel, Green Holly and Lonicera nitida. Choose from our best selling species of fast growing hedging plants, including Cherry Laurel, Common Privet, Golden Privet, Dog Rose, Western Red Cedar and Hornbeam. If your looking for a new hedge, tall hedge or formal hedge, all of these species feature fast growing plants that can be pruned to the desired height.For a manicured and more formal hedge, take a look at Box, Euonymus, Griselinia, Japanese Holly, Portugal Laurel, Leylandii, Lonicera, Thuja…. English Yew, the king of hedges! We stock all of these formal evergreen hedging plants here on the nursery, many of them in a wide range of sizes.Conifers are popular evergreen choices, but need to be pruned regularly as (with the exception of yew) neglected or overgrown conifer hedges cannot be restored. Deciduous plants also make fine hedges, and indeed a beech hedge over winter holding onto its brown leaves is very pretty.
What is hedging in plants?
A hedge is an artificially created boundary made up of growing plants – a line of thick, woody bushes which do not die down in winter. Countryside hedges around fields usually consist of many different types of plants, but in parks and gardens they may be of one species only. Hedges are often used for privacy or as a windbreak. Bushes are typically used ornamentally and planted individually. Bushes are generally lower to the ground than hedges.
What are the disadvantages of hedging?
Cons of hedging Complexity: Hedging can be a very complex process involving financial instruments like derivatives. Unless you’re confident and know what you’re doing, the added complexity could become problematic. Cost: Any type of hedging incurs some sort of cost, either in the form of money or a separate risk. In practice, hedging occurs almost everywhere. For example, if you buy homeowners insurance, you are hedging yourself against fires, break-ins, or other unforeseen disasters. Portfolio managers, individual investors, and corporations use hedging techniques to reduce their exposure to various risks.Hedging with derivatives If an investor is worried that a particular asset in their portfolio is at risk of decreasing in value, they may want to guard against potential losses. A common way to do this is through the use of derivatives like futures contracts, options contracts and swaps.In some cases, hedging can have disadvantages, some of which are as follows: Greater losses: Certain practices can actually increase your overall losses, such as short selling, which is when you temporarily acquire an asset that you expect to decrease in value.It is a technique that is used for reducing risk. However, it is not a perfect strategy and does not guarantee that the loss will be mitigated. While hedging reduces your potential losses, it also limits your potential profits even when the market is moving in a favourable direction.