Container-grown, bare-root and root-balled trees may be planted throughout the winter season, as long as the soil is not waterlogged or frozen. Evergreens and deciduous trees may be transplanted elsewhere in the garden.

In early winter, carry out formative pruning and renovation of deciduous trees and hedges. Cut away any dead, diseased and damaged wood. Coppicing or pollarding trees may be carried out from late winter onwards.

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Propagation may be carried out using hardwood cuttings; alternatively, apical wedge, saddle and side-veneer grafting may be undertaken.