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Avoid pruning pitfalls with tips to encourage healthy blooms on flowering shrubs

Azaleas can still be pruned without effecting next year’s bloom. Mature azaleas, and other spring bloomers, can be pruned to control shape and remove dead or unproductive branches. When a gardener is ...
The Vindicator

Know when to prune early flowering shrubs

A: Yes, you can, but if you want all of your flowers next year — don’t do it! Lilacs are a spring blooming shrub. Most spring blooming flowers form their flower buds from August to October. So, ...
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14 plants to prune in late winter for healthy, vibrant summer growth

For many plants, pruning in late winter can ruin your flower display. But for these summer bloomers, it'll have the opposite ...
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Prune flowering shrubs shortly after bloom

Question: My lilacs and spirea did not have very many flowers this spring. My neighbor says I pruned at the wrong time. What is the best time to prune them? Answer: The best time to prune ...
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When To Prune Your Shrubs, From Summer Bloomers To Evergreens

Many shrubs benefit from pruning each year. We prune them to remove stray branches and suckers, keep the plants to a manageable size, and maintain an attractive shape. For some shrubs, pruning also ...
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These 4 simple steps for pruning a snowball bush viburnum can give you the best blooms, plus we reveal the pitfall to avoid that will ruin any display

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Getty Images/Minh Hoang Cong / 500px A snowball bush is a common name for a snowball ...
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When do I need to prune my shrubs? Here are 4 things to know

If I gathered up all the billions of garden questions people have asked me over the years, via email, at the annual neighborhood barbeque, or even as I’m lying on the operating room table waiting for ...
Santa Cruz Sentinel

Tom Karwin, On Gardening | When to prune shrubs and trees

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... January is a highly beneficial time to prune trees and shrubs because this is the dormant period for many plants in coastal California. This column provides ...
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5 trees and shrubs you should never prune in winter

Pruning maple trees, birches, and willows in winter is not recommended because they are prone to excessive sap running from ...
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It’s time to prune spring-flowering shrubs like forsythia and lilac. Here’s how to do it right.

In this stressful spring, we’ve been cheered by the bright blooms of flowering shrubs and ornamental trees such as forsythia, quince, viburnum, lilac, cherry, crabapple and redbud. If these plants ...
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Avoid pruning pitfalls with tips to encourage healthy blooms on flowering shrubs

When a gardener is anxious to get started in the spring garden, a task commonly undertaken is pruning. Most trees and shrubs benefit from annual pruning because pruning has a major influence on a ...