or holly have been popular as low maintenance hedge plants for many years when landscaping with hedges to create neat, formal hedges as a boundary or to divide a garden into areas. Prune box and ...

Holly and Viburnum bodnantense. Summer-flowering deciduous shrubs These plants need to be pruned from January to the end of March while they are still dormant. Mr Hankinson added: "Pruning this ...

When is the best time of year to prune an overgrown beech hedge? Ours is too high and wide and is beginning to block a pathway, but I’m worried about damaging it if I cut it back too hard.

It says: "Take care not to disturb nesting birds and always check carefully before pruning hedges or shrubs. When you tidy and cut back winter growth in spring, remember it may be home to insects ...