PRUNE OVERGROWN PRIVET HEDGE 4 - THE RESULTS!

Two months later the privet hedge is filling in nicely.

[@farmcat6844]

Thank you +so much+ for the series. You have given me the confidence I needed and knowhow to tackle my straggly 10 foot high privet. It's getting done in the next few days 👍🏼

[@sbalbert1]

Great video like as usual!!! I really enjoy this series. We need more gardeners and people like you.

[@moniqueb9210]

I learn so much from your videos! Great job!

[@danielvelez6486]

Good job! thanks so much for sharing your knowledge. I have a row of overgrown privet that haven't been trimmed in years and this series has given me to courage to go out there and get it done!

[@RedBopete]

Great video - thank you! I learned a lot - was going to tackle my overgrown hedge but since it's already mid-July (with a horrible heat wave), I now know I can't cut it back so severely.

[@TheThriftedPlanter]

It looks amazing! I had to watch all of the videos! I have a Privet hedge that's out of control

[@CTSCAPER]

You would be amazed at how much you can cut a privet hedge back and how quickly it will grow back.

[@TheThriftedPlanter]

@@CTSCAPER That's what I'm counting on

[@sunnyday7869]

God bless you! Good job! Thanks for sharing!😊

[@finn127]

***** This turned out very well! As you said ;) I liked this kind of series, and very nice with a follow up!

[@woodsbound7932]

One fine job, sir! Wow, that looks better!

[@jimriz]

Great video series, just cut about 6 feet from my privet, looking forward to the results ina few months!

[@chrisa8112]

John I watched the series what a fantastic job thanks for posting.

[@CTSCAPER]

Glad you found it helpful.

[@Sevil2024]

Thank you for the series. Seeing the step by step process was huge. Please inform if August 1 is too late to start this process on Long Island, in the Moriches area.

[@jimsib5298]

Thanks for the advice. Was going to cut my ligustrum back now, but will wait til early spring (Feb/Mar in Florida) so that it will start growing shortly after. The plants are in a hot location and new growth will burn if I wait until it warms up too much.

[@cmonstokeST4]

My hedge is massive, the neighbor had it cut last year and it's doubled in size. I have to admit it scares me as I dare not cut it as 1 it's overwhelming and 2 it might not grow back. It would be great to see the hedge this year. 👍

[@MagnumVideos]

Nice video. Very helpful.

[@BudgetPlants]

Very helpful!!

[@kbaker2993]

Thank you for the Great Info

[@CTSCAPER]

Glad it helped.

[@mjallenuk]

Wow .. you've had one hell of a decent growth season. Much better than ours! Looks fantastic ... I'm glad we don't have poison ivy I have to admit!

[@mjallenuk]

***** Well I suppose there's Giant Hogweed but that's not something I've come across as yet... Failing that some good old fashioned stupidity with your equipment and not paying attention in general will cause you enough minor injuries to keep you ticking over. Example no. 1 ... making an adjustment with a screwdriver and managing to 'spear' between the fingers of my left hand because my mind was wondering... It still bloody hurts now! See .. no poison ivy required ;o)

[@aevoss]

great job on this gig.

[@nappynew]

I love your videos. I have a picture of what I believe is a privet but because I did not know that you don't have to prune them every time they had new growth -- I believe I've damaged it. The leaves are black and crunchy. It was beautiful in the spring but now in the fall it's black. Any suggestions -- would you like to see a picture of it?

[@kurt.wilkinsongardendesign]

I think you could have cut a number of branches lower (a foot off the ground) to get shooting closer to the ground right from the start and counteract apical dominance. The abundance of regrowth at the top is an indication of this and will require further pruning, wasting plant energy which could have been better used at the bottom. You are definitely correct in the shape the hedge needs to be developed into, being more narrow at the top. However shading is not the reason it is done. Shading is a factor but not as important as controlling apical dominance and a plants natural habit of growing from the top. An angled hedge face(more narrow at top) helps counteract this distributing the plants energy and subsequent regrowth over the whole face and not just the top. The more angle which is applied to the face the greater the gap needed between trimming cycles, saving time and money and producing a healthier hedge.

[@nancynowak500]

Those are good suggestions too, Kurt!

[@adrianred236]

Learned a lot, thanks. That could have been my hedge. Think I'll try cutting to lower though and let it thicken out more.

[@tonyowen8547]

We had a hedge like that cut it off 8"" above ground so it would fill in the bottom and trim it as you like it

[@thomwenzlau9426]

Great Job, How much did you charge for that?

[@kurtgronbach8832]

Getting ready to plant a privet hedge and it was helpful to see what happens if you don't maintain it! Do you have a video on how to maintain a hedge instead of rehab it? Thank you for sharing your expertise!!

[@CTSCAPER]

I don't have that video but the method of pruning would be the same, just not as drastic.

[@OmaBike]

That's starting to look good. Do you have any photos from a year or 2 years later?

[@CTSCAPER]

I think that's the last one I have.

[@sandramullen7804]

Never seen privit looking this tall and spindaly. Should look like a box hedge .

[@LorenzoSerchia96]

Hey john what would be your opinion of using a limelight hydrangea as a foundation specimen in between two hollies

[@LorenzoSerchia96]

I was thinking the limelight because they grow on current years growth. Correct me if I'm wrong. But you can prune it back without cutting blooms. I have a picture of where it would go if i could send it to you

[@gabemalcolm4429]

it looks great now! could you have cut it lower maybe 2 feet from the ground?.

[@CTSCAPER]

It could have been cut lower, and that is an acceptable method, but it felt right to leave some type of screen between the two houses. I would have like to have gone back after six months to a year and do a little more pruning but it didn't work out that way.

[@tomcorbin6377]

How do you get rid of that maple tree growing in the hedge? Would you try to poison it?

[@tonyowen8547]

When the leaves start to turn colour and the sap is going down drill a few big holes low down and fill the with copper sulfate

[@Johnny53kgb-nsa]

Can I cut back a privet hedge bush, just two, this time of the year in zone 6 ?

[@CTSCAPER]

Absolutely! The only reason I wouldn't is if there is a severe drought going on.

[@Eastbaypisces]

what kind of privet is this tho?

[@CTSCAPER]

You'd think I'd know but...I don't.

[@sandramullen7804]

It's not like any privit I've ever seen here in the UK.

[@padwah]

Thats a mess