With so many hedges at Longmeadow, Monty Don is an expert hedge trimmer. In this short excerpt from Gardeners’ World, he shares his tips on summer hedge trimming, including how to avoid disturbing nesting birds and how much growth to remove at this time of year. If you follow his advice, your hedges will stay neat and crisp right through into winter.
How to trim hedges in summer
Monty shows how to prune a hedge in summer, giving advice on how much to cut, in this short video clip.
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The glorious large, white, star-shaped flowers blushed with pink of this magnolia are a spectacular sight in March and April and signal the arrival of spring.
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Your garden will brim with colour from March to October with this all season collection of clematis. Contains one each of 'Etoile Violette' 'Avalanche' and 'Gravetye Beauty'.
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Make a New Year’s resolution to reduce your garden’s carbon footprint and become a better gardener at the same time in our latest Masterclass Online with host, David Hurrion.
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