If you have privet in your backyard, it is important to understand how and when to prune a privet hedge so it doesn’t get out of control. Why is privet so popular? As well as its fast and dense ...

But gardeners are warned to be mindful of cutting hedges in March as this is the bird nesting season and it is an offence ...

Start by pruning the top flat. If the hedge isn't too long, you should be able to cut by eye, stepping back occasionally to check your progress. If you don't trust your eye, hammer two stakes into ...

Anyone who has hedges in their garden is being urged to trim them before March thanks to an environmental law. There's a little known law governing hedges and hedgerows in the UK, which applies ...

Until budburst – when tree buds emerge from winter dormancy and new shoots become visible – there is still time to renovate ...

We test each hedge trimmer on conifers, deciduous, laurel and privet hedges, seeing how long it takes and how easy it is to use. With cordless hedge trimmers, we also check how long the battery lasts ...

We test each hedge trimmer on conifers, deciduous, laurel and privet hedges, seeing how long it takes and how easy it is to use. With cordless hedge trimmers, we also check how long the battery lasts ...

It won't be the sort of hedge that you can clip into a neat wall of foliage like leylandii or privet. Source the whips ... Autumn is the best time of year to prune the native hedge.

We cut a disc from the offshoot ... introduced into New Zealand in the 1950s as hedge plants,” Thompson said. “It is likely that the privet trees in question were planted by the Edmonds ...