The artistic skill and creativity in cutting shrubs can also be learned by those who are not practical and by those who are not used to doing it. The health of a plant is important and is one of the main reasons for understanding how to trim shrubs. Here's how to trim shrubs with confidence.
Steps
Step 1. Learn the 5 basic shrub cutting techniques
Depending on the plant and its state, one or more techniques may be necessary. The ideal cut is a combination of one or more of these techniques.
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Suckering removes the end of a green shoot before it becomes stiff and woody. Spollen at any time, except in late summer, by plucking or cutting an excessively long shoot, so that lateral branching is promoted.
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Bringing back removes the end of a woody branch to the healthy branch or shoot. The shape of the plant is affected by turning back because the plant grows thicker. Trim the shoots below to stifle growth and encourage the growth of top shoots.
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Thinning is done by cutting the branch at the point of origin of the parent stem up to a branch parallel to the ground level, or up to the y of the branch section. Tick up to 1/3 of the diameter of the branch to be removed. Use pruning shears, a saw, or lopper to thin out the tallest and oldest stem.
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Renewal pruning, also known as plant rejuvenation, is the removal of older branches down to the ground, even plants with small, vital stems can be pruned. This method can also include cutting all branches to the same height each year.
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Topping is the cutting of terminal shoots with lawn mowers or clippers. Plants with a main growth structure are suitable for the use of this technique, but topping should not be done to create hedges. The natural shape of the shrub is distorted when the topping is done.
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Step 2. Learn to trim a shrub correctly because the life and health of the plant are at stake
Too little, too late, or too often, all can have dire consequences for the shrub.
Gardeners mistakenly wait to cut when the shrub gets too large for the space it is in. Other gardeners cut back annually in the spring, although the shrub does not require trimming. Some gardeners neglect to trim until the shrub fills with diseased, dying, or dead parts
Step 3. Prune regularly when the shrub needs maintenance
Timely maintenance prevents corrective cutting later. When the shrubs are cut, the health of the plants is invigorated and the cutting as a remedy is averted.
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The health of a shrub is maintained by cutting off diseased, dead or dying branches or wood. When portions of the shrub are unhealthy, diseases and insects enter through the weakened section of the plant and then can spread to other parts of the shrub. A cut is the best protection to prevent a shrub from becoming infected with a disease.
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Step 4. Remember that cutting includes pruning branches, removing flower buds, seed pods and roots
If the part of the plant is dying, sick or dead, wherever the weakened shrub is, it should be cut back.
Step 5. Cut the part of the shrub with a sterile blade
A sterile blade removes the danger of further infecting a shrub with the disease. Cutting should also be done in the healthy part of the branch rather than just the infected or dead area.
Step 6. Clean the blade after each cut
The blade should be dipped in disinfectant with 1 part bleach for every 9 parts of water or 70 percent alcohol. The disease develops if the blade is not disinfected after each cut.
Step 7. Aim to create tree or espalier-shaped plants
This special effect borders on the art and preventive maintenance of a shrub. Attempts along with practice and patience are needed when entering the creative world of shaping trees.
Step 8. Stimulates the recovery of a shrub when it is suffering from transplant shock, by cutting
Shrubs damaged by construction work can also be renewed by cutting.
Step 9. Eliminate branch growth at the bottom in case of nearby traffic
Step 10. Thin the branches so that sunlight reaches the plants under the shrubs
Step 11. Improve shrub flowering
Adult plants produce small flowers more frequently. Wood is reduced when cutting. The lesser amount of wood conserves energy so that the flowers are fewer but larger.
