Pruning as art
I’m well into the March pruning season now – have so far tackled dogwoods, coppiced eucalyptus, hebes, mahonias, hydrangeas, buddlejas …
Category Archives: pruning
Rambling on
I’m coming to the end of the rose-pruning season at the moment and thank goodness for that – my fingers …
Back to work
At last – the sun is shining, the frost has stopped (for the time being at least) and I can …
On the vine
Ornamental grapevines are among the loveliest climbers you can plant. There’s something so luxurious about those sculptural leaves draping themselves …
Keeping trees in check
I spent a happy hour or two with the chainsaw the other day, converting an ill-advised pollard into a coppice …
Out with the old…
…and in with the new. Having lost my lovely woodland garden in the hills, I’ve been able to say “yes” …
Cloud-pruning hedges
One of my clients has an accidentally cloud-pruned hedge. This arcane art from Japan is all the rage at the …
Choice choisya
Another good shrub for cutting back at this time of year is Choisya ternata “Sundance”. About now those lovely sunny …
Hacking at lilacs
This is a great time of year for cutting back overgrown shrubs, especially spring-flowering ones. Lilac is a prime target, …
Back to the wall
I’ve been giving my ceanothus a haircut this week, as it’s trained against a fence and needs an annual prune …
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