August is a good time to give them a trim, because they won’t grow much more this year after the end of the month – although you can still give them a final shave in a few weeks if you want. The most ...

SOPHIE: Absolutely, but it’s best to prune lightly – most don’t respond well to a heavy prune. If you cut too deeply, you’ll reveal the hard dry wood at the centre of the tree, where there is no fresh ...

Juniper is a beautiful plant that you can find virtually anywhere once you know what to look for. I knew nothing about Juniper just a few years ago, but once I realized that several juniper bushes ...

Patches vary in size from 1in to 10ft; at first glance they all look the same but careful investigation reveals a wide range of very different causes. Over-enthusiastic hedge trimming can lead to bare ...