Tree & hedge care calendar.
Pick a tree or hedge below and see its year: when to prune, when to leave it, and when you can safely cut a hedge.
Fruit trees
Trees
Hedges
East Sussex timings. A mild coastal year can run a week or two ahead.
Your garden
Tick what you've got. See what to do.
Choose the trees and hedges in your garden and we'll show what's good to do this month, what to hold off on, and what you can do any time of year.
A few things worth knowing
- Deadwooding and making a tree safe can be done any time of year. We just check for nesting birds between March and August before we start.
- Hedges and the law. It's an offence to disturb nesting birds, so we don't cut hedges in the nesting season (March to August). The calendar marks it in red.
- Plums, cherries and the rest of the Prunus family are pruned in summer, never winter. Winter cuts invite silver leaf disease.
- Acers, birch and magnolia bleed sap if you cut them in late winter or spring. Time it right and they're fine.
- Not sure what you've got, or it's a big job up a ladder? Send us the details and we'll take a look.
Want it done properly?
If a tree or hedge is too big, too high, or you're just not sure, we'll come and have a look. Free site visit, written quote, no hard sell.