Privet is tough as old boots and can definitely tolerate hard pruning. Ideally cut back one side of the hedge one year, then the other side one or two years later to retain the screening effect …

2019年9月12日 · Most evergreen hedges need pruning twice during the season. Vigorous plants, such as privet and conifers, can be pruned up to four times a year while slower growers like …

2019年9月24日 · Before you start, set up guidelines on hedges such as this griselina, to keep sides and top level. Tall bamboo canes and string are the easiest way to improvise. Push …

This is most likely caused by drought. Privet hedges need moist but well-drained soil, and can suffer in dry summers. If your privet hedge is losing leaves in summer, use grey water (saved …

2022年1月18日 · Tips for flowering hedges. Flowering hedges should be pruned at different times. Cut spring-flowering forsythia in early summer to ensure plenty of mature wood to carry the …

2019年4月3日 · · beech · holly · hornbeam · laurel · mixed shrub hedges · young privet Why: on large-leafed hedges, indiscriminate cuts on the leaves caused by shears or hedge trimmers …

2024年2月27日 · Many popular hedging plants can be given a very hard rejuvenation prune and respond well. Beech, privet, hornbeam, mixed native hedges and yew can all be cut back very …

2019年8月16日 · Cutting the hedges in late summer, while growth is still soft, is a much easier job and can be done with secateurs, shears or a hedgetrimmer. It also allows the remaining stems …

2019年1月2日 · Prune deciduous plants to encourage bushy growth to develop from low down. Cut back hawthorn, blackthorn and privet to 30cm high, and just lightly prune other deciduous …

2019年3月24日 · Secondly, any branches that cross and chafe should be sorted out by removing the least important bough or cutting it back lower down to an outward facing bud. Pruning out …