When Should Hedges Be Cut to Avoid Nesting Birds?
Hedges provide valuable nesting cover for many British garden birds. Planning routine trimming around the breeding season reduces the risk of damaging…
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When Should I Prune a Hornbeam Hedge?
Hornbeam responds well to regular clipping, but routine trimming, formative pruning and major renovation are best carried out at different times. Choosing…
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When Should I Prune a Laurel Hedge?
Laurel hedges are forgiving plants, but choosing the right time to prune helps them recover cleanly and keeps the hedge dense and…
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Where Can I Buy Red Robin Plants for Hedging?
Photinia Red Robin is widely available online, but plant size, pot size, bushiness and the amount of hedge supplied can vary considerably.…
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Which Native UK Hedging Plants Suit an Informal Country Garden?
An informal country garden suits hedging with varied foliage, flowers, berries and a softer outline than a tightly clipped formal boundary. The…
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Why Are My Beech Hedge Leaves Turning Brown in Summer?
A Beech hedge should normally remain green or purple through most of the summer, so premature browning is worth investigating. The pattern…
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Why Are My Blackthorn Flowers Turning Brown and Wilting?
Blackthorn flowers very early in the year, so browned blossom can follow weather damage as well as disease. The condition of the…
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Why Are My Blackthorn Leaves Turning Silver?
Silvery foliage on Blackthorn deserves a closer look because true silver leaf is a recognised Prunus disease. Similar-looking silvering can also follow…
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Why Are My Laurel Leaves Turning Yellow?
Yellow leaves on a Laurel hedge do not necessarily mean the plant is dying. The pattern of yellowing, the condition of the…
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Why Are the Sloes on My Blackthorn Shrivelled or Distorted?
Not every shrivelled sloe has the same cause. Strong distortion, elongation and hollow fruit are characteristic signs of pocket plum, while simple…
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Why Doesn’t My Blackthorn Hedge Produce Many Sloes?
A healthy Blackthorn hedge does not produce the same crop of sloes every year. The first question is whether the hedge flowered…
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Why Is My Hedge Turning Brown?
A hedge can turn brown for several very different reasons, including dry roots, waterlogged soil, frost, wind, trimming damage or disease. The…
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Why Is My Privet Hedge Dying?
A Privet hedge can lose leaves, turn brown or die back for several different reasons. The position and pattern of the damage…
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