Shrub pruning in Crawley

Shrubs and roses pruned at the right moment, in Crawley gardens with decades of growth.

Shrub pruning in Crawley is often catch-up work. Some gardens in the older neighbourhoods have shrubs that have been in the ground for decades, and after years of quick trims with shears they’ve gone woody in the middle and leafy only on the outside. Careful pruning, at the right time for each plant, can usually bring them back.

If you’ve been searching for pruning services near me, it helps to know what we do and don’t take on. We prune shrubs, roses, climbers and hedging plants. We don’t climb or fell trees. That’s work for an arborist, and we’ll tell you so.

Camellias, roses and getting the timing right

If the restored Camellia Walk at Worth Park has you looking at your own camellia, the key thing is timing. Camellias set next year’s buds in summer, so cut them in autumn or winter and you lose the flowers. Prune straight after flowering instead. Forsythia, philadelphus and weigela work the same way.

Buddleja, late spiraea and other shrubs that flower on this year’s growth are the opposite: cut them hard in early spring. Roses get their main prune around February, then deadheading through summer keeps them going. Mix those up and you can lose a whole year of flowers.

Shrub pruning in Crawley for overgrown borders

Where a shrub has swallowed a path or a window, we don’t take it to the ground in one go. Renovation works better over two or three years, taking out a third of the oldest stems each time so the plant keeps its strength and still looks like something in the meantime. Some shrubs respond brilliantly. Some sulk for a year. A few are past it, and we’ll tell you if replacing them would cost less than three seasons of work. All the prunings go away with us.

Pruning in Crawley: your questions

Anything else, just ring. You’ll speak to the people who do the work.

I searched for hedge pruning services near me. Do you do hedges as well?

Yes. Hedges and shrubs often get done on the same visit, especially where a shrub border runs into a boundary hedge. Main hedge cuts are planned for September to February, outside nesting season.

Can you deal with the big tree at the bottom of my garden?

Not if it needs climbing, felling or heavy work, which is a job for an arborist. We prune shrubs, roses and climbers and can tidy low growth within easy reach. Trees in conservation areas like Ifield Village and Worth have extra protection, so check with the council before anything significant happens.

How much do shrub pruning services cost?

It depends on how many shrubs there are, how overgrown they’ve got and how much waste comes off. Pruning often slots into a regular maintenance visit. For a one-off job, we’ll look and give you a fixed price.