The non-toxic cinquefoil has bright yellow flowers in its wild form and grows as an upright shrub. Breeds are available in different sizes and with different flower colors. Many of them are very suitable for planting a hedge.

The cinquefoil is also very easy to care for as a hedge

You can plant a mixed cinquefoil hedge with different cultivars in different colors or combine the cinquefoil with other evergreen or flowering shrubs as you wish. You will often find the cinquefoil in yellow, but white, orange-red or pink flowers are also possible.

With mixed hedges, make sure that all plants have roughly the same soil and lighting requirements. Ideally, the growth forms also harmonize well with each other, then the hedge appears more even.

How to plant a hedge with cinquefoil

The planting distance between individual finger bushes or to other neighboring plants should be around half the expected growth height. If you would like to have a dense hedge quickly, we recommend planting five plants per meter. This results in a distance of approx. 20 to 25 centimetres.

How to maintain a hedge with cinquefoil

Just as a single cinquefoil is easy to care for, a hedge requires relatively little work. Watering and fertilizing is rarely necessary and only in moderation. In order for your hedge to remain attractive, functional and healthy in the long term, you should trim it regularly.

The cinquefoil will certainly not cause you any problems when pruning, because it tolerates pruning very well. He doesn't even blame you for a radical cut. However, it is best to prune your cinquefoil hedge in early spring, alternatively in autumn. The cinquefoil flowers on the young shoots, so you can expect a rich bloom soon after spring pruning.

The essentials in brief:

  • good for hedges
  • Planting distance: half the expected growth height, with dense hedges approx. 20 to 25 cm
  • tolerate both regular pruning and radical pruning

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The pruning of your cinquefoil hedge not only ensures an attractive shape but also lush flowering, so it makes sense for a flowering lazy specimen.

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