Hard Cutting and Horticulture
Learn more about our hard cutting practices and the science behind them. Using this knowledge we use hard cutting to create a strong foundation from which feature plants can grow and develop. Also available are horticulture consultations. These can be valuable when considering starting a new garden or redesigning part of an existing one. Learn more below.
Hard Cutting
Plants, over millions of years, have evolved to regrow after extreme stress, damage and injury. Take gumtrees regrowing after a bushfire as an example of the extreme damage that a plant can recover from. The evolutionary feature allows for a variety of hard cuts to be conducted on most tree and shrub species, allowing for severe reshaping, resizing and changing of growth habits.
Our cutting methods have been developed noting this survival mechanism of plants as well as carefully understanding plant growth, hormone function and transportation of water and minerals within plants. Our cutting principles involve stressing the plant enough to achieve the required hormone balance to cause epicormic nodes to develop.
As a result our hard cutting offers an alternative to tree removal, If a tree or shrub has outgrown the area. Reshaping, If the growth habit of a plant has become sparse and undesirable.
Most common tree and shrub species can be cut by this method. Timing is crucial to achieve the best result. This timing varies between plant species’, and in most cases the regrowth is predictable and to some extent controllable. However there is always an element of unknown in how a plant will respond, and in very few cases, often when a plant is already unhealthy or over mature, a cut can prove fatal to the plant.
Horticulture Consultations
Horticultural consultations: Consultation is a valuable part of garden creation. Appropriate plant selection and landscape design is crucial to the future health and vitality of the garden.
Jethro carries out horticultural consultation services at spring colour gardens, his horticultural experience comes in handy when dealing with complex or persisting issues. During a consultation he can provide solutions to plant issues and/or provide guidance on new plantings.
For a new garden, we can discuss suitable plant choices and a plant list with recommended suppliers will be provided as well as recommendations for planting locations and notes on planting tips if required.
For existing gardens a consultation may be all that's required to solve any complex issues, problems involving pest or disease, soil issues, poor plant health can often be determined and we can guide you through fixing any of these issues.
A consultation service costs 140+gst, and can help hands on gardeners effectively get on top of any garden issues they may be facing, or we are more than happy to discuss options with our continued involvement for any larger more complex jobs.
Enquire about Hard Cutting and Horticulture
To enquire about any hard cutting or horticulture services please get in touch with us by filling out the form on our contact page, following the link below or sending us an email at hello@springcolourgardens.com