To me, a refereed wildish garden is better than a tidy garden with lollipop shrubs. The wildlife prefers it too. Prune your shrubs for their health and to control the ones taking the psss but most of all, relax and enjoy a natural garden.
B3 - appreciated that comment. I think I judge myself harshly because my neighbours is very perfect round shaped lollipops. Perfectly hedge trimmed by the gardener. Though it's my garden that has the birdlife flocking.
@nickoslester93f3fKIn? They love all that 'blobbing' of shrubs There's one near me who does it to every plant he has, when he's not busy shaving his grass then putting a sprinkler on it. You feel like saying to him - can you just let the ruddy plants grow! @B3 is right -pruning is right for the health/flowering of the shrubs, and their rejuvenation, but they will always look better if they have amore natural shape. Sometimes plants come to the end of their life and it's not possible to rejuvenate them, so that's the point where a decision has to be made about keeping them or not, and it can be good because you get an opportunity to plant something new, which is good fun as much as anything else. You'll reap the rewards anyway, because your garden will be far more interesting to you, as well as the wildlife, as you're already seeing
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Get a couple of gardeners in with one of these giant shredders and all their equipment. Tell them what to do and enjoy watching them work while having a cup of coffee. We did and they get through it in a day.
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There's one near me who does it to every plant he has, when he's not busy shaving his grass then putting a sprinkler on it. You feel like saying to him - can you just let the ruddy plants grow!
@B3 is right -pruning is right for the health/flowering of the shrubs, and their rejuvenation, but they will always look better if they have amore natural shape. Sometimes plants come to the end of their life and it's not possible to rejuvenate them, so that's the point where a decision has to be made about keeping them or not, and it can be good because you get an opportunity to plant something new, which is good fun as much as anything else.
You'll reap the rewards anyway, because your garden will be far more interesting to you, as well as the wildlife, as you're already seeing
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Time to order by pruning book and time to start feeling less bad about my garden