Good Reasons To Maintain a Hedge for the Home
January 19, 2011
Any hedge requires a commitment to regular maintenance. Regular light trimming of a hedge is better and is easier to carry out, than occasional heavy pruning.
A hedge needs to be managed to ensure it maintains its function as a shelter and refuge for wildlife. Also a hedge does not have to grow out of control and cause issues with neighbours, or reduces access.
A hedge has to be trimmed once or twice a year. All other hedges should be trimmed at least once a year. At Greenshutters Plant Nurseries and Plant Centre they trim large hedges every August and for smaller hedges in February and August.
A Leylandii hedge, for instance, if left untrimmed, will grow up to 90cm (3 feet) a year. It may need costly specialised equipment or professional help to get it back into shape and will create large amounts of garden waste to dispose of.
Another example is the Laurel hedge. It will not generate new shoots from old wood and cannot be cut back hard once they have become seriously overgrown. Hence, a Laurel hedge should be well-maintained from the start.
To maintain the Leylandii or Laurel, the hedge grower should never be cut back so hard like cutting into old wood (branches with no green shoots on) as they will not re-shoot.
On the other hand, if the boundary is shared with a neighbour, they should be consulted, as they will need to maintain their side of the hedge. People should ensure they have the ability to do so and they should not allow the hedge to grow to a height where it becomes a nuisance to them.
This is because of the Anti-Social Behaviour Act 2003 which relates to high hedges and allows councils to take action where reasonable enjoyment of a property is being adversely affected by the height of a high hedge situated on land owned or occupied by another person.
For comments and questions, feel free to dial hotline 01460 2812 65 or log on to http://www.evergreenhedging.co.uk/
From: ideamarketers.com
A hedge needs to be managed to ensure it maintains its function as a shelter and refuge for wildlife. Also a hedge does not have to grow out of control and cause issues with neighbours, or reduces access.
A hedge has to be trimmed once or twice a year. All other hedges should be trimmed at least once a year. At Greenshutters Plant Nurseries and Plant Centre they trim large hedges every August and for smaller hedges in February and August.
A Leylandii hedge, for instance, if left untrimmed, will grow up to 90cm (3 feet) a year. It may need costly specialised equipment or professional help to get it back into shape and will create large amounts of garden waste to dispose of.
Another example is the Laurel hedge. It will not generate new shoots from old wood and cannot be cut back hard once they have become seriously overgrown. Hence, a Laurel hedge should be well-maintained from the start.
To maintain the Leylandii or Laurel, the hedge grower should never be cut back so hard like cutting into old wood (branches with no green shoots on) as they will not re-shoot.
On the other hand, if the boundary is shared with a neighbour, they should be consulted, as they will need to maintain their side of the hedge. People should ensure they have the ability to do so and they should not allow the hedge to grow to a height where it becomes a nuisance to them.
This is because of the Anti-Social Behaviour Act 2003 which relates to high hedges and allows councils to take action where reasonable enjoyment of a property is being adversely affected by the height of a high hedge situated on land owned or occupied by another person.
For comments and questions, feel free to dial hotline 01460 2812 65 or log on to http://www.evergreenhedging.co.uk/
From: ideamarketers.com
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