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Trimming back extremely overgrown vines or hedges

Trimming back extremely overgrown vines or hedges

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Zoe Barry
Apr 12, 2025
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There’s a knack to this, and it isn’t the easiest. Hedges and vines can be used interchangeably here, it’s the same concept. Let’s dive straight in.

Plants grow from their tips

Suuuper logical! But apply this to your vines. They will grow almost entirely from the top. So when you want to cut back a beast like this-

This is jasmine trained on wires, growing…

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