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Tip
After pruning is a full fourth dimension to tot up compost and mulch over rootage geographical zone of shrubs to husband moisture .
Warning
Use caution when using electric or gasolene - powered hedging trimmer . Although the steel are smaller than a chain power saw , they can still get severe injury if used wrong .
Taiwanese privet ( Ligustrum sinense ) can be develop as an attractive hedge or as a specimen plant . With a hedging , frequent pruning will allow light to reach lower and inside the limbs and create dense emergence . Chinese privet is a libertine grower and forgiving of most pruning techniques . If you are growing Taiwanese privet as a specimen or single plant life , correct pruning help the shrub keep a natural frame . Chinese privet can get large and woody if not kept in check by episodic pruning . The best time to prune Chinese privet is after the bloom menses and 2 or 3 multiplication per year thereafter . The plant thrive in USDA geographical zone 7 through 9 .
Step 1
Decide how you would like to prune the Chinese privet shrub . The shrub can retain a more lifelike form , or it can be pruned to make a formal hedgerow or silver screen .
Step 2
Prune the shrub so it retains a natural Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe rather than a formal sheared appearance by pruning the long unruly branches back to a main branch . Shorter limb can be left to grow and can be trimmed out afterward . After each baseball swing , step back and await at shrub and carefully choose the next limb to prune . Only bring down out the longest tree branch . If you cut too many , the shrub will have a sparse and affected look .
Step 3
Make a stately hedging by shearing all unsought growth straight across the top . A string stretched between two stationary physical object on each terminal of the line of shrub can can be used as a cut template .
Step 4
Shear the sides so that the bottom of the hedge is more or less wider than the top , bringing the sides up step by step to meet the top so sunlight can reach the broken portion . This will prevent woody or thin emergence on the low half of the hedge . When thin the sides , step back and look often at your progress .
Step 5
mildly rake over hedging with a folio slant to remove pruned leaves and branches from the shrub after pruning .
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