MOUNDING DIRT AROUND TREES-GOOD OR BAD?

Being involved as a landscape Gardener for some years back in Oz I was shocked to see the city gardeners in CM going around trimming hedges with a wipper snipper and a metal blade

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No secateurs or sheers were to be seen anywhere

Such a rough job of it as well

Kirbicus

Agreed about the hedges but what happens to trees is even worse. The attitude is trees have no value of any form so it is okay to hack into them and cause damage that they will never ever really recover from. Sure they may re-sprout but it is only epicormic growth .

With the hedges I saw the same in Indonesia too.

It's a shame insofar you never get to see (or smell) the flowers.