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Kayleigh Dray

What is cloud pruning? Here’s how to nail the Japanese gardening trend at home

Hedges cut into rounded shapes like clouds.

Cloud pruning is, quite honestly, one of those zen garden ideas that we can't get enough of – not least of all because it adds some serious oomph to our most beloved evergreen plants.

Oh yes, while it's all too easy to think there's just one way to cut back evergreen shrubs, nothing could be further from the truth. This Japanese method of training trees and shrubs into cloud-like shapes is fast becoming a trend in a number of major gardens across the country like RHS Wisely.

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