{"id":611975758150,"date":"2025-10-16T16:35:44","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T16:35:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/blogs\/uncategorized\/cutting-chamfer-top-hedge\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T08:41:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T08:41:04","slug":"cutting-chamfer-top-hedge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/blogs\/hedging\/cutting-chamfer-top-hedge\/","title":{"rendered":"Cutting A Chamfer Into Your Hedge When Trimming"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cutting an elegant chamfer along the top corner of a hedge counteracts its natural habit of growing wider at the top than the base, and increases the surface area that receives direct sunlight. <\/p>

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By default, good hedges are grown with a \u201cbatter\u201d, meaning that they are slightly wider at the base than the top. When a hedge gets overgrown, it will always lose its batter and become wider at the top.<\/p>

Chamfers are usually added to old hedges when they start getting too big and\/or wide at the top, losing their batter. But they might be by design from the start.<\/p>

How to Cut a Chamfer Along the Top of Your Hedge<\/h3>

Beautifully demonstrated by Just Gardens on an overgrown green privet hedge<\/a>.<\/p>

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