Talk:Hedge trimmer

Needs more detail
This is a valuable and useful tool for forestry work -- gasoline powered, any way. In 2 weeks I'll add some text to flesh this out and provide a photograph or two showing how the tool can be used to cut back and eliminate Buck Thorn from hiking trails, specifically Lost Ridge Trail. Damotclese (talk) 19:46, 4 July 2011 (UTC)

Objection to the use of "trim, trimmer, trimming," to describe "pruning."
The specific and precise word to use for the removal of a part of a plant is "pruning," The tools used are pruning shears, loppers, power shears, etc. The tool used to prune hedges is a hedge shear, or power hedge shear. You trim an undergarment with lace, you trim fingernails, beards, and nose hairs, you trim a room with architectural mouldings, and you trim a dinner table with garnishes, flowers, or other adornments, but you prune plants.pechaney (talk) 00:10, 22 January 2020 (UTC)