Time soon for a haircut

Pruning is one garden topic that makes my eyes glaze over. I suspect that's because, in the first instance, pruning usually makes plants look worse, not better, and I feel as badly for them as I do for myself when I've had a particularly awful haircut.

Gardening: Chop trees before they're a problem

Until a week ago we had a 30m-plus eucalyptus behind our house. It was a gorgeous thing, obviously much older than I, and I was very emotionally attached to it.

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• Leigh Bramwell

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