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Gardening PRUNING PERFECTION Winter is perfect for pruning and cutting back woody plants, so take advantage of the fact that deciduous trees, shrubs, hedges and climbers are now bare of leaves and get stuck in. It is only in really icy or frosty weather that you need to hold back. Remember that for your pruning to really benefit the plant, you need the right tools. For a relatively small expanse of hedge or a shrub that needs roughly reshaping, a good, sharp pair of well-oiled shears should do the job. When cutting along a hedge top, a guide line – such as a taut string – will help you get a neat, level surface. For larger hedges a powered hedge cutter or hedge trimmer is preferable, though make sure it is not too heavy and you can use it safely. For removal of stems at various heights and of varying thicknesses it is worth using ‘loppers’. These are available with various handle lengths (some even have telescopic handles), so that you can reach up higher without having to use a ladder or platform. They are much better at cutting through relatively thick stems than shears or secateurs and yet also allow for accurate positioning of the cut. Wear goggles and ideally protective headgear if you have to cut back branches above your head. Everybody with even just a single shrub in their garden needs a pair of secateurs for pruning of smaller woody stems, and the better their quality the better the job you can do. Provided they are good and sharp, you can make a perfectly clean, neat and accurate cut. Always cut to an outward-facing bud (so that the new growth produced from that bud grows outwards). Secateurs are good for removing dead and dying stems as well as for formative pruning (where you are helping to ensure the plant grows in the direction you want it to), and for pruning to encourage flowering. If you are pruning out dead and dying material, bin it or burn it in case it carries infection. A proper pruning saw is necessary for pruning out or tidying up larger branches on trees and shrubs. If you choose one with one (or better still two) parallel lines of teeth you can create a very accurate and clean cut with relatively little effort. This is the perfect tool if you have fruit trees to prune. Use a sawing action for best results and again, if cutting above your head, wear goggles to protect your eyes from falling sawdust and debris. Make the pruning cut a few millimetres or so away from the main stem from which the branch you are removing is joined. A cut like this will heal over much more quickly and the wound size will be smaller and so less prone to fungal rotting. MORE PRUNING TIPS: Before you get carried away, check the best pruning time for the plants you have in mind. Most hedges and many shrubs can be cut back now, but for a good display of flowers make sure that you prune at the correct time or else you may end up pruning out the plant’s flowering potential. Some trees, mainly those in the Prunus family – such as edible and ornamental cherries, plums, apricots, damsons, peaches and nectarines – are very prone to a potentially fatal fungal infection known as ‘silver leaf’. This is less likely to cause problems if these trees are pruned in the summer months, so don’t prune them now unless there is no alternative and you are prepared to take the risk! Always make sure that pruning tools are really sharp. If they are in the slightest bit blunt then the job will not only take more effort, but you may end up with the plant being damaged as the cut made will be jagged or stems may be crushed. Create sloping cuts whenever you can so that rain and moisture runs off and does not accumulate (wetness encourages wood rotting), and cut close to but not on top of a bud to allow new growth without dieback. When you are using shears or large scale trimmers you cannot do this, but always do so with secateurs, loppers and saws. Stand back from time to time when you are pruning to check the overall appearance of the plant and to help decide where you should prune next – if you are close up it is harder to see how you are affecting the overall shape of the plant. by Pippa Greenwood 60
GARDENS & OUTDOORS CLOSED DURING JANUARY Re-opening 1st February 2020 We would like to thank all our customers, new and old, for all their support during 2019. Although we are closed during January we will still be working hard to bring you quality plants, including lots of new additions for 2020. Come and view our quality products and be amazed at our fantastic prices... Bloomsbury Nursery Ltd, Weston Heath, Bloomsbury TF11 8RT 01952 691203 • www.bloomsburynursery.co.uk Holt’s Tree Care www.holtstreecare.com Fully Qualified £10m Insured • Felling • Crown Reduction • Dead Wood Removal • Dismantling • Hedge Trimming • Stump Grinding • Site Clearance 3 Woolpack Close, Shifnal, Shropshire TF11 8HP Hard wood LOGS supplied Nets, half or full loads FREE DELIVERY T: 01952 463419 or M: 07800 986690 61
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