Waiting For The Cloudy Days To Return

The longest box hedge, section one (Before)

This summer cloudy days have been few and far between, so few that this has caused a delay in the trimming of the box hedging and box balls in the gardens. The task to trim all the box, usually completed in June, has now begun in earnest before the clear skies return. The box, Buxus sempervirens, is now looking very shaggy and although desperate for a trim, due to box being susceptible to sun scorch when cut in very hot and sunny weather, the team have had to resist, until now, the temptation to trim it. Waiting for the cloudy days to return, last Wednesday the team, using the cordless battery Stihl hedge trimmers, began to trim the box starting with the first section of the longest hedge and, by this afternoon, had completed all four sections and the 33 box balls, job done for this year. 

The longest box hedge, section one (After)

The longest box hedge, section three (After)

The longest box hedge, section four (After)

Some of the 33 box balls (Before)

some of the box balls (After)