Conifers bring structure and year-round interest ... Alternatively, snip off a longer sideshoot to make your cutting. To do this, make a cut below a leaf and remove leaves from the bottom third ...

Cutting quality We carve through conifers, deciduous, laurel and privet hedges to find the trimmers that are a cut above the rest. Battery life We'll tell you which trimmers pack up early and which ...

Hard pruning too much and cutting into old wood will stress the ... can respond well to hard pruning, whereas many conifers do not like being cut back and can suffer from dieback.