- Why do you need to trim ivy hedges regularly?
- The best time for cutting the ivy hedge
- Ivy easily tolerates severe pruning
- Always cut ivy with gloves!
An ivy hedge or ivy fence does not need much care, but you should not do without regular pruning. If you don't cut ivy, the creeper will overgrow. In addition, diseases can spread more easily.
Ivy is very tolerant of pruning
Why do you need to trim ivy hedges regularly?
- Keep hedge in shape
- Avoid wild growth
- prevent diseases
- stimulate new leaf growth
- more beautiful flowering in older plants
If you simply let ivy climb, the hedge will quickly lose its shape. The shoots fall down when they have reached the full height of the trellis. The hedge becomes very dense and the leaves dry up inside and the shoots become bare.
With very dense hedges, it quickly happens that fungal spores spread and the ivy hedge is later covered with an ugly film. By cutting back, you also encourage the formation of new green leaves.
If there are children or animals in the family, you must prune the hedge before fruit has developed. However, this only happens in the age form. The berries are highly poisonous. In addition, the ivy sows over it and forms new offshoots everywhere in the garden.
The best time for cutting the ivy hedge
Basically, you can cut an ivy hedge all year round, as long as it doesn't freeze.
The best times are spring at the end of April / beginning of May and just before autumn from the end of August.
If possible, cut on a day that is not too sunny. The humidity should not be too high either.
Ivy easily tolerates severe pruning
You can easily cut ivy back to a height of 20 centimeters. It can also be easily cut into figures. It is best to work with a hedge trimmer (€24.99) that you have cleaned well beforehand.
Always cut ivy with gloves!
Ivy contains toxins that can be harmful upon contact with bare skin. Therefore always wear gloves when cutting your ivy hedge.
tips
Ivy hedges are very popular with birds because the dense plants are ideal for hidden nests. Before you reach for the scissors, see if there are any birds that have nested in and, if necessary, postpone the pruning for a while.