Pruning and mulching

Winter is the time to prune many shrubs and Patio trees.

Trimming summer flowering shrubs in their dormant period encourages new growth and growth that is kept restrained (i.e. spreading out onto walkways, paths, creating too much summer shade , overpowering other plants etc).

Roses, hibiscus, perform particularly well if pruned now.

Removing any dead, diseased, and deformed wood enables a better shaped and proportional plant with good strong stems and branches to carry the weight of new flowers.

Winter exposes (through the loss of leaves) the wood of many plants, shrubs, roses and trees) enabling the skilled gardener to address the shape and proportions of the plants.

Citrus benefits from a hard prune at this time of year, a tennis ball should be able to be thrown through the trees branches unhindered to allow light on the branches and good shape for fruiting.

Borer is present in the spring and will invade cuts made to citrus at that time.

Winter mulching (whilst the weeds are slow to appear) is another form of controlling growth in your garden as it feeds the soil, encourages worms to work, and stops those weeds emerging at a rate faster than your gardener can handle.

We are skilled in all these forms of garden works so please get onto your garden before the spring comes.

Call us to do the hard pruning and garden mulching work for you.