Trimming your cedar hedges regularly gives you better privacy since it allows them to become denser. Indeed, an unmaintained hedge turns back in width and height, while a maintained hedge turns back inwards, which allows it to grow quickly, it becomes more and more supplied.

If you don't prune your cedars, they can get very tall. The taller they are, the more difficult it is to trim them afterwards. They can also become very wide, and therefore encroach on your land.

If you wait too long and your cedars have grown too tall and too big, it is much more difficult for the pruner, more expensive for you and also much less aesthetic to shrink the hedge. When cutting into the older, larger branches, it is very difficult, if not impossible, for cedar to produce new buds. We therefore only see the brown branches, “holes”, without foliage, which is not very aesthetic, and above all which is either irreversible, or very long before regenerating.

Trimming your cedar hedge can be done throughout the summer season when the snow has melted. When serviced annually, the best time to do so is between May and September.

Cedars grow throughout the summer and cedar pruning is always done in the shoot of the year, in the soft green part.

Usually we have our hedge pruned once a year but if you want it to become denser and thus have better privacy more quickly, we recommend pruning twice a year.

When planting new cedars, we recommend that you do the first pruning between 1 and 2 years after planting them, to ensure control from the start, depending on their size and how tall and wide you want them to be.

In Quebec, it is preferable to give a rounded or conical cut to your hedge so that it can support the weight of the snow well in winter. Due to our climate, it is strongly recommended not to square it, because the weight of the snow can bend the branches and even break them.

It is common to see vines, other plants or trees growing in your hedge. It is important not to let these plants grow in or too close to your hedge, as they block the sun's rays and can also reduce or stop new growth in your hedge, creating unwanted "holes". Climbing and invasive plants must therefore be cut and removed, and trees and other plants that are too close to the hedge pruned.

Usually, a hedge that is well maintained from the start does not really need fertilizer. On the other hand, if your hedge is sparse or a bad cut was made (which made "holes" in your hedge), then you will need fertilizer rich in nitrogen to promote budding and growth of the foliage. . The fertilizer should be applied 3 to 4 times at the very beginning of the season.

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