Comments on: Fun with Privet http://www.ashridgetrees.co.uk/blog/fun-with-privet/ Hedging plants, bare root hedge plants, evergreen hedges. Tips tricks, advice and trivia Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:02:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: julian http://www.ashridgetrees.co.uk/blog/fun-with-privet/comment-page-1/#comment-494 julian Tue, 01 Sep 2009 11:32:20 +0000 http://www.ashridgetrees.co.uk/blog/?p=62#comment-494 Thank you for your email. Hi Iain Privet hedging is pretty bombproof and as a last resort you can cut a plant down to few inches above ground level and it will resprout bushily from the base.... Hopefully however that should not be necessary. Clipping them back hard now - top and sides will help, and then clipping them lightly again in spring when they are just covered with new young leaves. The two clips should force the recalcitrant bits of privet hedging to sprout low down. A bit of mulch in spring will help as well - privet hedge plants put out masses of green growth if fed. Hope this helps. Julian Thank you for your email.

Hi Iain
Privet hedging is pretty bombproof and as a last resort you can cut a plant down to few inches above ground level and it will resprout bushily from the base….

Hopefully however that should not be necessary. Clipping them back hard now – top and sides will help, and then clipping them lightly again in spring when they are just covered with new young leaves. The two clips should force the recalcitrant bits of privet hedging to sprout low down. A bit of mulch in spring will help as well – privet hedge plants put out masses of green growth if fed.

Hope this helps.

Julian

]]> By: Iain http://www.ashridgetrees.co.uk/blog/fun-with-privet/comment-page-1/#comment-493 Iain Sun, 30 Aug 2009 09:23:02 +0000 http://www.ashridgetrees.co.uk/blog/?p=62#comment-493 Hello I purchased over 100 bare rooted privet hedge plants from you and planted them last Nov. They have been doing really well this summer and almost all of the plants have shot from the base giving them a bushy appearance from the ground up. A few are a little 'leggy' in the bottom half of the plant with few leafs and bushy on the top. I haven't pruned the plants, but over the past 2 months I have nipped out the new growth to encourage bottom growth through the whole of the privet hedge. Can I do anything about this or is it too late as we approach the end of the summer? Should I take the hit and run a hedge trimmer over the lot taking off about a foot and leveling them off ready for next spring? Hello
I purchased over 100 bare rooted privet hedge plants from you and planted them last Nov. They have been doing really well this summer and almost all of the plants have shot from the base giving them a bushy appearance from the ground up. A few are a little ‘leggy’ in the bottom half of the plant with few leafs and bushy on the top. I haven’t pruned the plants, but over the past 2 months I have nipped out the new growth to encourage bottom growth through the whole of the privet hedge. Can I do anything about this or is it too late as we approach the end of the summer? Should I take the hit and run a hedge trimmer over the lot taking off about a foot and leveling them off ready for next spring?

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