Hedge trimmers and pruners cut back overgrowth and remove dead branches to groom shrubs and bushes. Hedge trimmers move their long, serrated blades back and forth to shear through stems and branches when shaping hedges. They are available in a standard configuration that sets the handle at the base of the blades and in an extended-reach configuration that sets the blades at the end of a long shaft for extra range. Power pruners pivot their short, powerful jaws like scissor blades to snip flowers, trim bushes, clip slim branches, and make other detailed cuts. Power grass shears slide their blades from side to side to trim grass around flower beds and delicate shrubs, along borders and edging, and under fences and planters.