Hawthorn Hedging Plants (Crataegus monogyna) Bare Root

Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna) — also called quickthorn — is the most popular native hedging plant in the UK, and for good reason: fast-growing, exceptionally tough, thorny (genuinely stockproof at the right spacing), wildlife-friendly, and the cheapest hedging plant on the market as bare root. Spring white blossom, autumn red berries (haws), and tolerance for almost any soil and exposure.

Bare-root Hawthorn hedging

Bare-root hawthorn is the standard form and the most economical way to plant a long hedge or stockproof boundary. Plants are lifted from the field while dormant and despatched without compost — bare-root season runs November to April annually.

Standard spacing is 3 plants per metre for a garden boundary hedge, or 4-5 plants per metre for stockproof / security hedges. We stock sizes from 40-60cm whips (the cheapest per metre) up to 100-125cm for faster impact.

New to hawthorn? Read the guide first

Our complete UK buyer’s guide to hawthorn hedging covers when hawthorn is right (and when it isn’t), stockproof planting, hedge-laying, the hawthorn-vs-blackthorn comparison, and how hawthorn compares to beech, hornbeam, holly and pyracantha.

Bulk pricing on long hedges and farm boundaries

ScotPlants Direct is a working Scottish nursery offering volume discounts on bare-root hawthorn — the cost per metre on long hedges and stockproof boundaries is genuinely unbeatable. Pre-order now for early November delivery. For larger plants, see our rootball Hawthorn. For mixed schemes, see our native hedging mix packs.

Browse the full bare-root hedging range for other native species.