Yews are long-living shrubs that come in a variety of species.

Jul 22, The Garden Continuum demonstrates how to prune a yew through selective pruning. For more How to videos checkout our blog: treegrind.bar Be sure to use hand pruners, limb loppers and pruning saws rather than hedge shears to reduce their size. Where possible, remove extremely long secondary branches at their point of origin on a main stem. Clean cuts on Yew branches.

Trim off any shoots that are clearly sticking out.

Most branches will be too thick for electric hedge trimmers, so it’s a job for sharp loppers and a pruning treegrind.barted Reading Time: 3 mins. May 26, Step 1, Start pruning yews in late March or early April. This is right before new growth will start to take place. If the yews are growing vigorously, you may need to prune them again in late June.[1] X Research source Avoid pruning yews in the fall, as this will make them more vulnerable to winter treegrind.bar 2, Cut out diseased, dead, or broken branches.

Look for shoots that have broken off, or leaves that are brown and dying. If an entire branch of leaves 95%(43).

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The best time to prune a yew tree hedge for maintenance purposes is once a year during late summer to early autumn. For hedge renovation, the best time of year to cut back the top of the hedge is mid-spring.

For hedges that have been neglected for some time and that are showing bare trunk at the base, coppicing may be the best treegrind.barted Reading Time: 5 mins. Nov 28, Yews don't require much pruning, but they're similar to deciduous trees as far as growing back after pruning goes. While most conifers can't produce new growth on old wood, yews sprout new growth.