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when to prune this mixture of hedging?
Hi everyone
need some advice one of the properties i have recently started to maintain they have large 6ft high by 2-3ft wide hedging all round the veg plot through back and front garden and its a mixture of boxwood,beech,some type of holly,forsythia and i think cotoneaster and conifers im kinda at a lose when to tidy and prune it all is there a time that would suit alll to be done at same time? or best to do each type at recommened timing? thanks Sam
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I had a similar problem Sam, in one of my gardens. Loads of different shrubs forming a 150m hedge. I discussed the difficulty of individual pruning with the client and we settled on a late winter pruning in February. Right now the hedge looks a picture and even though some shrubs were pruned at the wrong time there were plenty of spring flowers and the summer flowering is just coming in. I did point out the difficulties, but the client understood the honesty and the compromise was acceptable. I find most people will understand these dilemma's if the gardener is honest about it and forthright in putting the issue on the table. That's why they employ us, we have to be able to justify our decisions based on knowledge and we should have more than the client.