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Trimming topiary: Our trees in tip-top condition on the nursery

At this time of year, our nursery team are primed for tree care. Steven, one of the nursery production team here at Green Mile, is focussed on trimming topiary along the lines.

trimming topiary

Steven trimming topiary in the July sunshine

In your garden, topiary brings shape, form and structure throughout the year and is a good way of adding distinctive shapes and character.

On the nursery, we keep our topiary in shape at this time of year with a quick all-over snip.  It’s the perfect time from June – any earlier and you risk bruising the foliage. The leaves are now hard and leathery and if necessary, we might give them a second pass in the Summer.

With practice, pruning topiary is simple.  We use hand held shears for a clean finish and we aren’t too harsh in our trimming, allowing for growth and reshaping if necessary.  In your own garden and topiary endeavours, just remember to step back regularly to check for evenness and shape – one snip too many and there’s no turning back!

So, whether it’s shapes, spirals, boxes, balls, clouds you’re after – have a look through our topiary selection and contact us today.

July 2015