Pleached Trees

Around my garden at the weekend I have been pruning various pleached trees which is a job I love. Not  only is this another sign of spring but the wood is resistant to my loppers and secateurs making the cuts clean and satisfying. 

I bought some of these trees a few years ago and wanting to make a statement and add interest in our garden set to work creating a framework of bamboo and wood. The first prune was the hardest not only in terms of the amount of the plant I removed, but also in the faith I had to have in what at the time seemed like weedy shoots, this however paid off and now these trees are starting to create the desired effect. However, I am not sure if I have enough and not only have a order some ready pleached Hornbeam but I am considering buy some Limes to pleach and create an avenue leading up to our kitchen garden.....its hard to stop fiddling but I must carry on until things are right!