Yews and boxwoods should be pruned in late winter / early spring, which is March. We want to get the pruning done before the plant starts to put out its new growth in spring. Both yews and boxwoods have latent buds under the bark. So you can cut these types of shrubs back into the area in the center where there are no green needles, and the plant will grow new green needles from those stems as soon as the sun hits the bark. I am a Garden Coach located in the northwest suburbs of Chicago. I do on
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Yews and boxwoods are best pruned in March in Chicago or late winter before the new buds start to open. Once the buds starts to open, no pruning should be done. After the new growth has fully opened you can prune however heavy pruning should be avoided. Heavy pruning should be done reserved for late winter. I can’t always respond to comments so for those of you that are experienced gardeners, please jump in and help as much as you can. I am a Garden Coach located in the northwest suburbs of Chic
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Those yews will need to be pulled out with a chain or possibly just cut down and monitored for the inevitable new growth that will come. These clients are planning to keep the others for now (on either side of the door), and just prune them down. They can plant in FRONT of the ones they are planning to remove, since they are a bit too close to the house anyway. I was also thinking dwarf fothergilla, chokeberry or deutzia as native options. Probably two of any shrub would do it for the area l, to
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Did you know that Yews can regenerate new growth from the inside out? All they need is sunlight to shine into the middle of the plant. These hedges are expensive and they take a long time to grow so I want you to consider keeping your overgrown Yew hedges, and just cut them back. Now, when you do cut back into the current zone of the plant that has no green, it will take at least a year for the new growth to start in the spring on the inside. it is best to prune evergreens in the winter when the
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