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The proof is in the pruning
Pruning stimulates dense growth and reduces the plants natural tendency to grow as rapidly as possible, which would lead to a thin, sparse hedge.
When to prune? How to prune? How often to prune? Am I cutting too much? Am I cutting too little? What are the best tools to use? …These are just some of the questions our friends at Hedges Direct get asked, so we thought we’d team up and explore the complicated world of hedging pruning.
get out more about pruning below from our friends atHedges Direct , who append garden product to the Small Space Gardens and Beautiful Borders atBBC Gardeners ’ World Spring Fair .
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Deciduous hedging
Deciduous hedging is pruned in the summertime to stop plants becoming unruly . This is considered maintenance pruning . In winter , deciduous shrubs , which shed their leaves , can be reshape by cutting back hard . Most deciduous woody works , including beech and hornbeam put on two flushes of growth in a yr , one main flush during spring , and a 2nd , smaller spurt , during late summer . Ideally , they should be shave back after each flush to keep them tidy .
Beech and Hornbeam ( carpinus betulus ) hedging is best trimmed in August or September , as this will enhance the wintertime coming into court and help to keep leaf on the branches for longer . Cut both hedges again in February if you desire to keep them crisp . harness any major pruning as the plants go abeyant and do n’t prune in very dry weather .
Deciduous anthesis hedging plants such asRosa Rugosaare prune in springtime , when you simply dilute out any leggy outgrowth . hedging such as Hawthorn and Hazel can be crop between June and September .
Evergreen Hedging
Evergreen plants like box and privet are often grown as hedge plants for their ability to cope with close trimming to make a dense stable raft of woody stem cover up in foliage .
Most evergreen hedging plants are vigorous shrub and tree , which can be pruned at least twice a year , though more frequent cut will create a denser hedging . By trimming in late spring and early summer , the vernal easygoing development is targeted , which us easy to trim down using shears or a powered hedgetrimmer . You could also foreshorten later on in summer , though this will ensue in a looser hedging which involve a more time - take cut with secateurs .
Our admirer at BBC Gardeners ’ World Magazine have some further tips onhow to trim an Evergreen hedge here .
Tools of the trade
Most the great unwashed say it ’s best to use secateurs or hand shear , so you do n’t tear into the leafage , seduce it grow brown . Whichever tool you choose , prune back the new long shoots at an slant to two or three leaves from its base .
Take a feeling at some of Hedges Direct ’s garden shear here , from their Five Acres garden tools .
Finesse your technique
When you embark on pruning a large hedge , trim from the bottom to the top . This is very important , as it allows more sunlight to arrive at the bottom of the industrial plant .
You ’re shoot for finally to have cut the hedge into an A contour ; the gradient you create is known as a ‘ batsman ’ . If you just sheer upwards in a uncoiled line , the top of the hedging , which always gets more sunshine anyway , will shade off the base and you ’ll have a flora that ’s weaker at the bottom .
If you ’re cutting a formal hedgerow it ’s deserving putting up a line string to keep it level . define the production line of cosmic string by eye or by value from ground level on each cane , ensure that the string is the same altitude all the way along . If there are any dips in the hedging that light below the line , exit them uncut so that they can fill up out .
To minimise damage to single leaf , hedging plant life with large leaves , such as Hornbeam , are best cut with secateurs rather than shear or a hedge trimmer . The surplus time and exploit is worth it , if the hedging is in a very seeable position . When using a hedge trimmer or shears you terminate up with a lot of cut leaves and these can turn brown and unsightly in spicy weather .
If you have any advice you ’d like to involve our friend at Hedges Direct , make certain tofind out more on their website here . you may also adjoin them with your questions or share your own hedging web log byemail , onFacebookor onTwitter .
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