Hedge Shears
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HEDGE SHEARS
Similar to grass shears, only longer, this tool is useful for trimming shrubs and hedges. It can also be used to cut back perennials in the fall and to remove dead flower heads.
Hedge shears, either manual or electric
Hand pruners
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Determine your hedge's habit. When you cut the end off a branch, dormant buds below the pruning cut sprout into new twigs.
Hedge shears are used to trim or shape shrubs. Try to find a pair that has one straight blade and one serrated blade.
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Hedge shears and hedge-trimmers (electric or petrol) for hedges and large topiary.
Single-handed sheep shears or topiary shears for precisely clipping topiary and edging.
Hedge shears look like a giant pair of scissors and are suitable for trimming branches of hedges. Because of their long reach and quick, straight cuts they are useful garden tools.
Hedge shears have long, flat blades and relatively short handles, one for each hand. Heavy-duty shears, with one blade serrated, are good for difficult jobs. Power hedge shears are also available. The most common for home use are electric models.
Use hedge shears to cut back vigorous ground covers. This removes old growth and keeps plants from spreading out of bounds. Rake up the clippings and compost them.
Hedge shear
Hedge shears are not for pruning, but for evenly shaping hedges and shrubs, and for shearing back ground covers and faded flower heads.
Do not attempt to cut larger branches with a hedge shear.
Shopping for Hedge Shears
Before you shop for hedge shears, read these tips about what to look ...
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Fiskars 10'' Power-Lever Hedge Shears (Fiberglass)
For gardeners who have rows of hedges to get through, the Fiskars power-lever hedge shearscan make the work move faster.
Yaupon hollies can be pruned as needed to control size, but avoid the temptation of continually clipping the plant with hedge shears every time it gets larger than you'd like.
So, before you get out the hedge shears and chop back your aggressive shrubs as you may have been doing for years, think about renewing your landscape with plants that grow slower, stay compact by themselves or need only one cut back each spring.
Lavenders, santolina, and rosemary need occasional pruning to maintain their shape and health. You can use hedge shears for this job, and save the cuttings for decorative swags or cooking.
Hand pruners and lopping shears are used to cut small limbs, while pruning saws are used to cut larger branches. Hedge shears are used to trim bushes into a smooth shape.
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Hedge shears can be used on all hedges except larger woody branches
Hand pruners can be used on branches up to 3/4 of an inch thick
Anvil pruners are suited for cutting dead growth
Bypass pruners are ideal for making precision cuts in live wood ...
Birdproof wire mesh is very cheap at just over $3 a metre and it's very versatile in the garden. Hedge shears will cut it just like paper.
Long handled lopping shears for branches 1/2" to 1-1/2" diameter
Saws for hard wood or branches 1-1/2" diameter or larger
curved handle
small folding blade
Hedge shears for hedge shape control with 2-3" growth ...
If you need a pruning tool, there are lightweight clippers for houseplants, hand pruners -- both right and left-handed models, loppers, hedge shears, tree trimmers and for the heavy-duty jobs, there are various sized chain saws.
They can cut branches from 0.5 inches to 1.5 inches diameter. Hedge shears are used for pruning hedges or already pruned plants. A Pruning saw is another tool used It cuts branches more than 1.5 inches in diameter.
 See also: Shear, Hedge, Plant, Pruning, Flower
  
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