Whether your hedge is large or small, deciduous or evergreen, over time it will tend to outgrow its space or it may become damaged. Snow can weigh the hedge down and cause it to split, and strong winds can cause growth distortion.
Conifers can’t rejuvenate
Many of the plants that are commonly used for hedging respond well to hard pruning to rejuvenate them and, when successful, it is often difficult to tell that the plants have actually been renovated. However, most conifers do not have the ability to generate new growth from old wood and cannot be renovated in this way. The exceptions are Taxus (English yew) and Thuja (Western red cedar), which will produce new shoots from older stems.
Cutting down a mature hedge to allow it to regrow will deprive the garden of shelter or privacy, and leave it exposed while the plants recover, so the best option is to prune it back in stages rather than cutting the hedge down completely in one go.
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