Taking Care of your Hedges
A regularly maintained hedge will provide a thick full smart boundary to your property. Miss a few trimming sessions however, and you will soon have a hedge that has lost its shape and a more difficult job on your hands. It is much easier to give the hedge a frequent light trim than it is to give it an infrequent heavy prune. Regular trimming is also much better for the hedge. Some conifers, like leylandii, react badly if you cut into old wood, potential leaving your hedge with bald spots. When to cut hedges An informal hedge, one where the natural outline of the plants are preserved, will require a maintenance trim once. A year between spring and summer. A formal hedge should be trimmed two to three times a year during the growing season. Fast growing species may need a more frequent trim to keep the hedge under control. How to trim a hedge You will need hand-held hedge shears or a powered hedge trimmer . The latter will make the job of trimming a...