"Joegina" wrote in message
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I need information on the above. What I am dealing with is box privet
hedges which are approx 2 feet high and vary in width from 12 to 24
inch. The lady I work for wants them to be manicured, either in their
current shape or into a wedge shape. Can I cut them from square to
wedge in one go. or is this a long term project, say 3 - 4 years? I
musn't bare them so badly that they don't green up this season. When
should I attack? She seems to be of the view that this must be done by
hand. I want to use a petrol hedgecutter initially and then tidy by
hand. Any advice would be very welcome. Thanks, Johnny


Do you mean privet - ligustrum
Box - Buxus
or Lonicera nitidia which has small leaves and is variously known as box or
privet but is in fact honeysuckle!
My experience of both the Privet and nitidia is you can be quite ruthless
with them, but if its box then most people do seem to do them by hand but as
I have never owned a box hedge I have no idea whether that is essential.

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Charlie, gardening in Cornwall.
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Holders of National Plant Collections of Clematis viticella (cvs) and
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