...has prospered mightily and now blocks the view from the kitchen, a fact so often mentioned by OH that I can ignore it no longer. It is or was a beautiful view across hedges, fields of cattle, to distant hills.
It could be 20/30 years old. In general, one is not supposed to prune magnolia. They tend to bleed, and as a neighbour up the lane has demonstrated, haircutting them produces a horrible shaving brush regrowth which is downright ugly in winter.
Currently topping out at perhaps 10 ft, I intend to cut it down to about 12" and let it regrow, singling out the shoots to produce a new structure. Yes, it may die.
What is the best, or least-worst time, do you think? Gloucestershire...
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