Hedge calculator: plants and cost per metre
Calculate hedge plants from spacing, length and rows. Include soil bags and compare material and total cost per metre using your own prices.
How many hedge plants do I need per metre?
At 0.4 m spacing, density is 2.5 plants per metre in one row, or 5 in two rows. A 10 m run needs 25 or 50 plants respectively. The tool rounds up per full row, not independently for each metre. This spacing is an example, not planting advice.
How are plant numbers and added soil calculated?
Length divided by spacing rounds up per row. Planting cells have no extra end plants. Added soil is length × total trench width × depth × added proportion; bags round up.
How much does a hedge cost per metre?
10 m, 0.4 m spacing and two rows give 50 plants. A shared trench 0.5 m wide and 0.2 m deep with 50% added soil needs 500 litres: 13 bags of 40 litres. At 50 SEK/plant and 60 SEK/bag: 3,280 SEK.
Example materials cost 3,280 / 10 = 328 SEK per metre. Adding 500 SEK labour and 100 SEK delivery gives 3,880 SEK total, or 388 SEK per metre. Material and total costs per metre appear separately. A zero length has no meaningful per-metre price.
How should I choose spacing and trench dimensions?
Choose spacing for your plant, supplier and site; the default is only an example. Trench width covers all rows and is not multiplied by row count. No soil mix, growth or establishment losses are recommended or modelled.
Prices are your own in SEK, including whichever VAT you budget for. Labour and delivery are added separately. A zero price means a missing cost, not free materials.
For plant selection and planting guidance, see Royal Horticultural Society.
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