Maintenance: trimming hedges

Hedges are a common feature in gardens, mostly to provide privacy.

Depending on the plant material used for the hedge, it needs a clean-cut trimming every year, twice or three times a year, or sometimes a more aleatory trimming.

Ficus nitida, Ligustrum texanum (Texas Privet), Syzygium, Podocarpus, Pittosporum, are the most common materials. They will need some regular trimming, and some expertise to make sure it’s straight.

Bamboos are quite common as well for hedges. It is a loose material, that’s the beauty of it, and therefore it doesn’t require a boxy trimming.

Trimming Ficus nitida hedge



Expertise in trimming hedges





Trimming Ficus hedge