Hedge trimming in St. Clair Shores, MI and around Metro Detroit: Straight lines. Clean curves. No bare patches.

Yes. HD Landscape trims hedges in St. Clair Shores, our home base, and across Metro Detroit, from low boxwood to tall arborvitae. Hedges facing Jefferson, Harper or the freeway take the road salt in this town, so those are the ones to look over in spring.

Length, height, how overgrown it has gotten and how easy it is to reach all set the number. A photo by text is a fine place to start, and Jake follows with a free itemized estimate.

For most clipped evergreen hedges in Michigan, the main shaping trim comes in late spring or early summer, roughly May into June, after the new growth fills out. Heavy cuts belong in early spring before growth starts. Hard cutting should stop by mid-summer, because late growth may not harden off before winter.

A formal clipped hedge needs at least two trims a year, and the tidiest ones get trimmed close to monthly through the growing season. A natural, unsheared hedge needs far less. We can do a one time trim, or work your hedges into monthly landscape maintenance.

Fall is not the time for a hard cut. Heavy pruning after mid-summer can push soft growth that does not harden off before winter, and Iowa State University Extension warns that evergreens pruned in fall are more open to winter injury. If a hedge has to look sharp for an event or a sale, ask Jake what a light tidy can do without setting the plant back.

Many home hedges are finished in one visit, depending on how long and how overgrown they are. Very tall or badly neglected hedges can take longer, and Jake will say so when he writes the estimate.

Usually, depending on the plant. A leggy privet hedge can be cut back hard in late winter and grown out again. Yew takes deeper cuts than most evergreens, but it is slow to fill in. Boxwood and juniper keep the gaps if they are cut back into bare wood. If a hedge is past saving, Jake will say so, and we can handle the plant removal and new planting.

Usually because the top has gotten wider than the base, which shades out the lower branches. MSU Extension recommends keeping the top narrower so light reaches all the way down. Reshaping helps, but it takes time, and bare wood on boxwood, yew or arborvitae may not fill back in.

Often, with some patience. University of Wisconsin Extension says to prune winter-burned arborvitae, boxwood and yew in mid-spring, after new foliage comes in, so you can see what is alive. The same wait and see works for deer damage, and anything broken by snow should be cut out.

Yes. Cleanup is part of the job, and customers tend to mention how clean we leave a site. Beds, walks and the drive get cleared of clippings, and how the clippings leave goes on your estimate.

Yes. We keep spirals, balls and other clipped shapes sharp, following the shape the plant already has. If you want a new shape started, ask Jake what your plant can do.

Yes. HD Landscape works on commercial properties as well as homes, and clipped hedges at an entry are some of the first things a customer sees. Tell us how sharp you want them kept and we will put it in an itemized estimate.