Amateur Gardening

Spring shrub pruning

HAVING been caught out by the bitterly cold weather of April 2021, I’ve been holding back from one or two bits of spring pruning.

But now conditions are improving, I’ve bitten the bullet and taken my secateurs to my), St John’s Wort (Hypericum ‘Hidcote’) and hydrangea.

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