Hedgecutting advice please.

dean young · #1 (**permalink**) 16-05-2011, 11:52 AM

Over the last couple of years i've planted a native hedge around my back garden.It's coming to the time where i need to know how to trim and care for it when i cut it next Febuary.When i cut the hawthorn whips down by half,i know they will grow back even bushier but its the other hedge species that worries me.Do other hedging shrubs mind being cut? Example's are below:

Dogrose,bird cherry,spindle,crab apple,wayfaring tree and oak.

I've put climbers in there too like bittersweet (woody nightshade ) and honeysuckle.
Any cutting advice would be great.
Thanks.

Tursiops2 · #2 (**permalink**) 16-05-2011, 12:15 PM

Treat the other species just like the Hawthorn. In the longer term, are you planning to lay it, or just let it grow bushy?

T2

tom00_uk · #3 (**permalink**) 16-05-2011, 04:25 PM

you tend to see in farm hedging, the cutter avoids oak and some cases holly, wild fruit trees to allow them to grow taller than the hedge, they then resume cutting the lower branches the same as the rest of the hedge.

Our garden hedges, get cut back to a uniform edge at each cutting and the faster growing species like dog rose, hops, elder, take advantage and bush out and get as much light as possible,

dean young · #4 (**permalink**) 21-05-2011, 04:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tursiops2

Treat the other species just like the Hawthorn. In the longer term, are you planning to lay it, or just let it grow bushy?

T2

I'm just going to let it get bushy for now.i want to enjoy the full benefit of the hedgerow.If i had livestock to worry about it would be the second option.