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Emily Smith

Monty Don shares the important reason you shouldn't cut back your hedges too far this month

Picture of hedge growing in garden and cut out picture of monty don .

What better time to get out into the garden and get some much-needed jobs done than June? And whilst there is heaps of stuff you can crack on with, you may want to hold off on chopping back your hedges.

If you're sorting your garden out this month, you've probably noticed that everything is growing and blooming at a quicker rate than it has this year. Your hedges might be looking rather dishevelled and outgrown too, and although they do benefit from being maintained, it shouldn't be on your essential June gardening jobs.

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