Hedge cutting
From a tidy annual trim to taking thirty years of leylandii back to something you can actually manage.
Maintenance cutting keeps a hedge dense and to size. Hard reduction is a different job — cutting a badly overgrown hedge back into old wood, which conifers other than yew will not recover from. We will tell you before we start whether your hedge will come back or whether you are better replanting.
Boundary hedges have their own politics. In Scotland a neighbour can apply to the council over a high hedge, so it is worth keeping on top of it.
Fair questions
- When can hedges be cut?
- Outside nesting season is safest — roughly September to February. We check for active nests before cutting at any time of year.
- Will leylandii grow back if cut hard?
- Not from bare brown wood. Once you cut past the green it stays brown. Yew is the exception.
- My neighbour's hedge blocks my light.
- Scotland has high hedge legislation and the council can order a reduction. Talk to them first — it usually costs less than the process.
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