An old neighbour took it upon himself to prune all the trees and shrubs along our boundry line without asking our permision. He half murdered our Cherry tree on the grounds that the birds made a mess droping Cherry stones on his drive, and likewise he said that the shadows cast on his daughter's bedroom window by our Magnolia were causing her to have nighmares, so he chopped that down too, leaving a bush less than half its original size. I was livid with him, if he had have asked us first, I would have got them proffesionally pruned by a local garden service who knew what they were doing. The Cherry tree looks hideous with its thick trunk and just a few spikey branches up top, looks more like a Palm tree shape tbh!
My Magnolia has survived and regrown, but still remains quite bush like rather than the full tree height it originally was. Its been in that spot for about 25 years now, and thankfully is now safe from the naughty Neighbour who sold up and moved out last year!
