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| All hedges whether they are conifers, laurels (or for that matter privet or quickthorn) require to be looked after in a proper manner, and that means clipping them annually, which is no great hardship since you need to mow your lawn probably once every three weeks! If you are not going to look after your hedge, don't bother to plant it! Don't be put off by talk of clipping conifers more than once a year to keep them in good order. It is much more important to choose the correct time to clip them and then they will always look good. Clip your conifer hedges from mid August to mid September. It is not sensible to clip if there is a heat wave as the sun can scorch newly cut growth. They too need to aclimatise to the sun if you take their shirt off! Use a good quality hedge cutter and work systematically and remember to remove the clippings from the top of the hedge after cutting. Leaving them to rot on the top of the hedge will do it no good at all. You can clip in October or November but remember that there will be more growth by then and so there will be more clippings to clear up afterwards. Even more so in March and April. No point in making work for yourself!! |
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