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Hedge fertiliser buying guide

Updated: October 2026

You have a tired privet, a pale laurel, or a short run of yew, and amazon.co.uk is full of bottles and tubs that say hedge. Price and that one word are not enough. This hedge fertiliser buying guide puts the checks in order: whether the hedge needs a feed at all, which job you are buying for, whether the pack names the species or stays honest as a general feed, and whether you can read a rate that does not contradict itself. The [hedge fertiliser comparison](/hub/fertiliser-soil-and-bark-mulch/hedge-fertiliser) holds the eight listings and the scores. If you buy through a link on this page, we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you.

You have a tired privet, a pale laurel, or a short run of yew, and amazon.co.uk is full of bottles and tubs that say hedge. Price and that one word are not enough.

Our top picks

TOPBUXUS TOPBUXUS Health-Mix, 10 tablets

Best overall

TOPBUXUS TOPBUXUS Health-Mix, 10 tablets
9.2/10about £24.95
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Westland Westland Growmore, 8 kg

Preis-Tipp

Westland Westland Growmore, 8 kg
9.0/10about £16.95
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UKGROW UKGROW Hedge Boost, 5 L

Alternative

UKGROW UKGROW Hedge Boost, 5 L
7.8/10about £22.99
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On this page
  1. 1.Decide whether the hedge needs a feed
  2. 2.Match the job, then the species
  3. 3.Read the rate before the price
  4. 4.Check the pack against the length of hedge

Decide whether the hedge needs a feed

Most established hedges in ordinary UK soil do not need a routine feed. The Royal Horticultural Society says mature hedges usually grow without one, and young hedges can take a general-purpose fertiliser in early spring. After a trim, mulch first. Add granules only if the soil is light and sandy or the hedge looks short of nutrients. Avoid autumn feeding. Season and grams are on how to apply hedge fertiliser. Box in fertile ground is a no-feed plant. Agriculture Act 1970 section 68 requires a statutory statement for prescribed fertilisers.

Match the job, then the species

Four jobs do not share a pack: a hedge fed as a hedge, a general tub for borders as well, box foliage, and a planting pouch or bone meal. Those planting products are not in this comparison. Buy the job, then the name on the label. Hedge Boost names privet, boxwood, laurel, yew, and hawthorn. LERAVA names hedges and photinia. TOPBUXUS names Buxus. The UK GROW bottles name hedge plants in general. Westland Growmore does not name hedges. Topline names shrubs, not hedges. Picks sit on the best hedge fertiliser page.
TOPBUXUS TOPBUXUS Health-Mix, 10 tablets

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TOPBUXUS TOPBUXUS Health-Mix, 10 tablets
9.2/10about £24.95
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Read the rate before the price

The UK GROW line says a few drops, with no measured dilution. Hedge Boost’s mixing field is 1:5. In the Amazon reviews, one United Kingdom review quotes 10 ml per litre, or 20 ml for a thin hedge, and others say the dose was cut off. The product data does not reconcile them. LERAVA has no grams, and both United Kingdom reviews say the instructions were not in English. A mixing field is not an NPK. Westland’s field is 1:1:1. Topline’s is 20:20:20, against a review of 7-7-7. According to the manufacturer, Westland prints 7-7-7 and 135 g per square metre. TOPBUXUS prints 1 tablet in 1 litre for 10 square metres.

Check the pack against the length of hedge

Pack size is the last check. An 8 kg tub and a 250 ml bottle are not the same job. Small UK GROW bottles sit around £9 to £10. The mid band, about £16 to £25, holds the 8 kg tubs, Hedge Boost, and TOPBUXUS. LERAVA is about £49.99 for 4.6 kg. A long hungry hedge wants granules you can weigh. A short pot-grown box wants a foliar tablet, not 8 kg of Growmore. If the dose is blank or not in English, a large pack is not a bargain.

Common questions

Do established hedges need fertiliser at all?
Often they do not. The RHS says mature hedges in ordinary soil usually grow without a routine feed. Young hedges can take a general-purpose fertiliser in early spring. After trimming, mulch first and add granules only if the soil is light and sandy or the hedge already looks short of nutrients.
When is a dedicated hedge bottle the right buy versus Growmore?
Buy a dedicated liquid when the listing names the species you have and you can read a dose. Hedge Boost names privet, boxwood, laurel, yew, and hawthorn. Growmore is the general 8 kg tub: hedges are not named, the review file is large, and the brand page prints a shrub rate. If you also feed borders from the same tub, Growmore is the wider buy.
How do I read a mixing-ratio field that is not an NPK?
Treat it as a listing field, not an analysis. Westland’s 1:1:1 and Topline’s 20:20:20 are not percentages on the product data. UK GROW’s 1:0:0 is not a dose. Hedge Boost’s 1:5 disagrees with a review-quoted 10 ml per litre. If NPK is blank, say so. Do not copy Westland’s brand-page 7-7-7 onto a bottle that only says a few drops.
Which listings actually name privet, laurel, yew, hawthorn, photinia, or Buxus?
Hedge Boost names privet, boxwood, laurel, yew, and hawthorn. LERAVA names hedges and photinia. TOPBUXUS names Buxus. The UK GROW hedge-and-tree line names hedge plants; one 5 litre review mentions cherry laurel. Westland names general garden plants. Topline names shrubs, not hedges. Absence of a name is a skip, not a hint.
Can I treat the three UK GROW sizes as three separate review samples?
No. The 250 ml, 500 ml, and 5 litre titles share one 4.2 from 42 line and the same nine United Kingdom texts. Do not add the 42 ratings together. The 500 ml and 5 litre titles also disagree with their own liquid-volume fields. You are choosing a bottle size of one concentrate, not three tested products.
What pack size matches a long hedge versus a short run?
A long established hedge that needs a feed wants an 8 kg granular tub you can weigh along the line, not a 250 ml bottle of unmeasured drops. A short pot-grown box wants the 10-tablet foliar pack or a summer liquid. A 5 litre concentrate only helps if you can read the dilution on that bottle.
When should I skip a listing with no English dose?
Skip it if you cannot read grams or millilitres on the pack you will hold. LERAVA’s two United Kingdom reviews say the instructions were not in English, and the product data has no grams. Hedge Boost reviewers also report a missing or cut-off dose. A foreign-language label is not a puzzle to guess from another brand.

Related pages

Hedge fertiliser for a box hedge

Fertiliser for a new hedge

Hedge fertiliser

Best hedge fertiliser for the hedge you are feeding

How to apply hedge fertiliser: season, place and rate

Sources

Public UK and maker sources from the research digest, used for this page in October 2026. Prices, stars and review counts are from the eight amazon.co.uk listings in the stored product files. A mixing-ratio field is not an NPK. The 7-7-7 line is the Westland brand page. TOPBUXUS is foliar nutrition, not a caterpillar killer. LERAVA's 310 figure is the listing star line, not 310 UK written reviews.

  1. RHS, Fertilisers: types and uses (retrieved October 2026)
  2. RHS, How to trim a hedge (retrieved October 2026)
  3. RHS, How to grow box (retrieved October 2026)
  4. RHS, Managing box blight (retrieved October 2026)
  5. RHS, Planting trees and shrubs (retrieved October 2026)
  6. Defra, box tree caterpillar factsheet (June 2024) (retrieved October 2026)
  7. Agriculture Act 1970, section 68 (retrieved October 2026)
  8. Westland Growmore (retrieved October 2026)