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Pruning & Trimming

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A few of the words

LOPPERS
Loppers can cut stems up to about 2 inches thick — the long handles give enough leverage to tackle branches that shears simply can't reach.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
DEADHEAD
Deadheading — removing spent flowers — redirects a plant's energy from setting seed into producing new blooms, often extending the display by weeks.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
BYPASS
Bypass pruners work like scissors, with two curved blades that pass each other; the cleaner cut they leave helps wounds heal faster than the crushing action of anvil types.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
SUCKER
A sucker is a vigorous shoot that sprouts from the rootstock below a graft union — left unchecked on a rose or fruit tree, it can eventually overwhelm the grafted variety above.Find this word in the grid to read its note.

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Pruning & trimming word search — free and large-print. Shears in hand, a shapely shrub waiting, the satisfying snip of a clean cut.

About Garden & Nature

There is something deeply satisfying about stepping back and seeing a shrub newly shaped — wayward shoots brought in, a hedge line gone crisp, the spent blooms of summer clipped away. Pruning is one of the oldest of garden skills, equal parts art and timing: the right cut at the right angle coaxes a plant into stronger, fuller growth. From the light snip of bypass shears on a rose stem to the heavier swing of loppers through a woody bough, every tool has its moment in the gardener's year.

How to play

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    Find a word from the list.Press the first letter and drag to the last — across, down or diagonally, forwards or back. Or tap the first letter, then the last.
  2. 2
    It stays marked.Found words get a soft teal line through them, on the grid and in the list.
  3. 3
    Make it comfortable.Use the A / A+ / A++ size control any time, or pinch the grid for a closer look.

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