Hedge Trimming in Macclesfield

Hedge Trimming in Macclesfield: Local Conditions and What That Means for Your Property

Formal hedges in Macclesfield are limited mostly to the house yard. The broader property character does not lend itself to extensive hedging, and the exposed southerly winds make any formal clipped hedge difficult to establish on the paddock perimeter. Within house gardens, cypress varieties, pittosporum, and clipped photinia are the most common choices. The challenge here compared to more sheltered Dandenong Ranges suburbs is wind-burn on the southern and south-western faces: new growth on photinia and lilly pilly hedges put on after a December trim frequently shows brown-tip damage by late February on exposed aspects. Timing trims for after the main flush of spring growth, early to mid-November, allows the cut surfaces to harden before summer winds pick up. Several properties on the valley floor have older cypress macrocarpa windbreaks planted in the 1970s and 1980s to shelter homesteads from the southerly run; these have grown well beyond their original intent and most need reduction or selective limb removal rather than formal trimming.