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We have 6 photos of pruning

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  • chopped back
    Sandra
  • Ivy had a bit of a hairdo today
    Nana_d
  • Front View n Moon
    N3tyy
  • Dottydaisy? Perhaps I should have cut this back more?!
    Sheilabub
  • ex laurels
    Neellan
  • Longleat Wiltshire
    Hijuju

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Gardeners' thoughts

coûteux mes chers amis, mais oui.............

Imgres_1

EXCUSE THE FRENCH..........BUT IT WILL MAKE SENSE IN A MINUTE..... Having a small garden, means that you have to keep shrubs/trees...

19 comments

Dottydaisy2

24 Feb, 2013
Dottydaisy2

Big decisions and very big jobs.

Dscf2651

For a number of years I`ve been watching my arch suffer under the weight of my winter clematis. It`s a beauty I know...

25 comments

lincslass

11 Sep, 2012
Lincslass

Snails DO live in the trees!

Dsc03556

Been Chopping down the trees at bottom of garden and did a bit of fatboys too! Found lots of snails ..here are a couple..they...

26 comments

pixi25

21 Jul, 2012
Pixi25

Choisya pruning as inspired by Bloomer and now updated for her

Sam_2623

After reading Bloomers blog on Friday about hard pruning her Choisya I decided it was time to cut back the one outside the...

34 comments

annella

16 Jul, 2012
Annella

Choisya Coiffure for Terra...and updated for Annella ! :o)

Garden_2029

This was my Choisya last year,a lovely specimen..but suffered from frost damage on one side..I hoped it would regenerate,but...

58 comments

bloomer

13 Jul, 2012
Bloomer

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Questions & advice on pruning

If you can't find the answer to your gardening question here, feel free to ask our friendly community. Just ask in the form on this page


Image

Pruning a pieris?

4 replies

marcusw

18 May, 2013
Marcusw

Hi All,Have not been ib the best of health for a few months but on the mend now

3 replies

spader

21 Mar, 2013
Spader

I have just bought a buddleia sungold

4 replies

johnpease

17 Mar, 2013
Johnpease

We have an old honeysuckle in the garden which is slowly dying

10 replies

wildrose

12 Jul, 2012
Wildrose

Here is the problem

9 replies

lydiajule

6 Mar, 2012
Lydiajule

Pruning: hi everybody

4 replies

junie

28 Jan, 2012
Junie

Leaves1

Identify tree and pruning advice please

13 replies

bifftannen

24 Oct, 2011
Bifftannen

I have a Climbing Rose which is just over 3 yrs old

2 replies

dreeny8

15 Oct, 2011
Dreeny8

Cutting back foliage Having never grown Astrantia

2 replies

scottish

14 Oct, 2011
Scottish

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HAND TOOL HEIRLOOMS I'm sorting out my sheds and found these tools among other unusual heirlooms

10 replies

terratoonie

7 Sep, 2011
Terratoonie

Should I prune azaleas after the flowers have died down and how?

5 replies

sally60

15 Jun, 2011
Sally60

Pruning advice for Clematis armandii please

6 replies

scottish

15 Jun, 2011
Scottish

Epimedium x youngianum 'Niveum'

5 replies

scottish

15 Jun, 2011
Scottish

can I prune my plant now

1 reply

bigrab

13 Jun, 2011
Bigrab

Dsc01085

I bought a Salix "Hakuro-nishiki" last year and I know I should prune it in March

4 replies

avrilcoutts

7 Feb, 2011
Avrilcoutts

My 250 year old cottage is covered in ivy

4 replies

gordoncresswell

4 Jan, 2011
Gordoncresswell

can i prune pieris forest flame

1 reply

guest

6 Jun, 2010
Guest

when and how should i prune an apple tree

1 reply

apple1

6 May, 2010
Apple1

wisteria sinensis

1 reply

yorkywalker

20 Oct, 2009
Yorkywalker

Can I prune

3 replies

holly

6 May, 2008
Holly

Camelia pruning - if and when?

3 replies

Begoniafan

22 Apr, 2008
Begoniafan

Park_road_043

How far can I pruning Camelia?

10 replies

AndreaRichter

21 Nov, 2007
Andrearichter

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