BBC star Monty Don shares shrubs that need pruning this month for 'vigorous' growth in spring
14.01.2024 - 23:23
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Many people tend to stay clear of their gardening duties in the winter months, particularly if there has been heavy snowfall. The bitterly cold temperatures have also continued to plummet making for icy conditions.
However gardening expert Monty Don has urged green-fingered enthusiasts to start preparing their gardens for the springtime and although it seems a long time away It is the "best time of year" for pruning according to the BBC star.
The British horticulturist has encouraged everyone to embrace the cold and put on their gardening gloves, as some jobs are extremely time-sensitive, reports the Mirror. January is said to be the perfect time for trimming decorative trees and shrubs.
In a blog post to MontyDon.com, the Gardener's World presenter says he tries to prune his pleaches lime trees and hedges in January as it helps encourage "vigorous" growth during the springtime.
Monty says the limes have all their new growth removed to give "basic structure" which will renew itself in the spring. He added: "This creates thousands of brightly coloured whippy stems that we shred and use as mulch and for temporary paths."
Monty also explained that it was the "best time" to cut back weak hedges as when you cut them now they will regrow "with extra vigour". However, if you hold off the trim until the summer it could restrict the growth.
He added: "If you have a very overgrown deciduous hedge it can be taken back right to the ground and will regrow afresh to make a hedge that is thicker and denser but more manageable."
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Monty did however warn these techniques will not work for all hedges as he said that evergreen hedges
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