Time to put down roots? Be careful where you plant those trees

Peter Dowdall says a line of trees can look like horticultural 'bouncers' marking out a house site

The hedgerows around the country will soon be coming back to life as the temperatures increase and we will begin to see leaves unfurl as the winter landscape becomes more verdant and springlike.

If you’re planting a new hedge, either of a single species or a mixed hedgerow, then using bare root plants is the best way to go as it will work out much lighter on the wallet.