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    Why we prune in summer

    Jul 04, 2023 2 minutes

    IT has been a brilliant year for blossom so far, with trees and shrubs dripping with colourful flowers, perfuming the air and brightening gardens and hedges.

    While many of these will wait to be cut back in autumn when they lose their leaves and go dormant for winter, several varieties are ready to be cut back now.

    This week I’ve been trimming our early summer flowering weigela and

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