Cutting trees, bushes and hedges is part of properly caring for garden plants. This is something you should do at various stages of the plants' lives: after planting, while they are growing, to promote the formation of flowers and fruit buds, and to regenerate them. Dry and dead branches and twigs that are left on the plant are chinks through which diseases and parasites can enter. All plants benefit from a proper cut - which depends greatly on using the proper tools.

Hedges want to be trimmed at least once a year, the best time being from late May to June, after they sprout. If the hedge is trimmed properly, it will reward you with thick and healthy growth. Whether the hedge is tall, small or wide ? GARDENA offers you a wide range of mechanical and electric hedge trimmers that will tackle the living screens in a heartbeat. And if you don't want to be bogged down with a cable while you're cutting, GARDENA Accu Hedge Trimmers are the perfect solution. The special-hardened blade, ground on both sides, makes sure the cut is clean and easy. If you want to trim your hedges the smart way, you'll equip yourself with the GARDENA Telescopic Hedge Trimmer. Its continuously adjustable arm and the bendable cutting blade allow you to cut back extremely low and high green walls. Even a precise contour cut on the side is not a problem. By the way, all motor-driven GARDENA Hedge Trimmers feature a convenient two-hand safety switch preventing them from being turned on accidentally, and integrate an electronic blade stop as well.

Powerful cuts through any branch ? that's the guiding principle of GARDENA's Secateurs and Pruning Loppers. For example, the GARDENA Secateurs BP 50, which received the prestigious "red dot award" for their design, smoothly and perfectly cut any branch or twig with a diameter of up to 22 mm. Fitted with various technical tricks and nifty details, this stylish helper's ergonomically shaped aluminium handles for ideal leverage and a forged bottom blade and an upper blade made from stainless steel leave nothing to be desired. You are guaranteed to cut a fine figure!