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I was trimming a lot of ivy the other day and I was wondering this myself. Anything above privet size seems to be difficult to get up to my standards of neatness, but I am a bit of a perfectionist, and the clients thought it looked fantastic.
Depends on if its a regular prune or a one off.
My regular ones will be just a clip with the trimmers. But I'm mainly commercial so its less of a issue if they aren't immaculate
Small one offs which don't need much taking off are much the same with secateurs to tidy up any nasty cuts
Large ones are loppers or pruning saws
got some massive domestic laurel hedges to do soon, on the sides there may be some bits where some leaves get slashed spoiling the finish but i find if i run back quickly over the face of the hedge afterwards using the end teeth of the cutter bar to repair the messy bits by clipping to the next internode, that usually sorts it out....as for the tops, the old phrase "Don't rest on your laurels" is very appropriate as there is not enough support for a ladder, i will be using my giant steps which have a 3 metre high platform, cutting with my stihl telescopic trimmer and if necessary the telescopic chainsaw for any really thick bits, both cordless of course lol
worst thing about laurel is the sickening smell
Cheers Harry