pruning

Alternate leaves diagram showing a sprig of ash and a less closely packed example

Common Alder Alnus glutinosa Cones and catkins pencil study with outline of the leaf behind

Common Alder Alnus glutinosa roots showing their distinctive growth habit

Common Alder Alnus glutinosa tree, pen and ink study of a tree in full leaf

Pollarded Alder Alnusglutinosa tree in leaf

Using secateurs to prune new growth in the summer

Trainign a cordon by pruning and tying onto supports at different times and periods of growth

Getting rid of rose suckers by removing them from the parent soil under the soil wearing protective gloves

Using guides and tips to get the shape you want for your hedge by pruning with shears

How to prune a tree to ensure you have a single stem tree

How to take a hardwood cutting from a parent plant, four steps showing making the cutting, dipping it in hormone rooting powder, and establishing it in a new pot to grow

Steps involved in establishing or laying a new hedge showing digging a trench for compost, planting the hedge plants, pruning them, and keeping the hedge straight

Different shapes you can trim your hedge into including boxy, sloped, and rounded

How to safely remove a branch, two steps showing the cuts involved

How to grow figs or propegate figs from an established plant by taking cuttings and potting them up

Garden with plastic sheet on the grass catching the bamboo cuttings which are being taken off the potted plants with secateurs. Dead leaves piled up and blue sky behind