Let’s characterise hedges. There are serious ones, dark crisp confections of yew or box, the dry martinis of the hedge world. Then there are flowering hedges, the fruity, umbrella-bearing pina coladas of the garden world. For a serious drink there’s nothing like a dry martini or a Manhattan, but sometimes a more colourful concoction is needed, and a hedge that flowers even when it’s clipped is a remarkably useful thing. Nothing flowers quite so well if you clip it, but there are things…

Source: The Times December 21, 2019 00:00 UTC