Trimming Yew Hedges

Cut out diseased dead or broken branches. Late winter or early spring is the best time to prune yews for size reduction.

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Trimming yew hedges

Pruning a yew shrub. Trimming yew now means it will stay neat right through until may. For yew hedges select the pruning height you are comfortable with as well as the thickness.

In the early years the more often you clip the side branches the bushier your yew hedge will become we would recommend gently clipping in april july and october for the first couple of years at least always leaving the growing point alone of course. Spring pruning is usually associated to rising sap and tends to accelerate the yew s growth. Clipping at the wrong time can have unpleasant consequences.

It is safest to start cutting back yews when they are dormant. August to october is yew hedge cutting season and monty don is wielding his shears on a young yew hedge along the edge of his jewel garden. A single heavy pruning end of august is enough to keep growth under control.

The first question when you are pruning yew bushes is when to pick up the pruners. If the branches that you will be trimming are small enough you can shear them off with a power tool known as a hedger among needle bearing evergreen shrubs hemlock is my top choice for hedges because it likes being pruned and has nice foliage that can become quite dense making it a good choice to create privacy in your yard. Since yew is a rather slow growing tree this solution is often preferred when starting the hedge off.

Late winter is perhaps the ideal time to start pruning a yew shrub. Pruning the yew is best at the end of summer or at the beginning of spring. Remove branches to bring light into the yew.

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