Fast-Growing Hedge Plants for Small Garden in Kent, England

A Kent, UK gardener asked for fast-growing hedging trees for a small garden.

Suggestions

Tom recommended: Rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus), boxwood (Buxus), Escallonia rubra macrantha (for south UK). Linked to a UK nursery (Instahedge) for local advice. Also listed: forsythia, flowering quince, mock orange, eleagnus, olearia, prunus, gorse, tamarix, skimmia, griselinia, hydrangea.

Many shrubs suit UK hedges; local nursery advice ensures best adaptation.