Flowering shrubs that bloom in summer or early fall (i.e. butterfly bush, caryopteris, rose-of-sharon, panicle hydrangeas, ...

Timing is everything when pruning. Trim these key plants now to boost growth, prevent disease, and keep your garden thriving ...

If you’re wondering what to prune in June (and what to leave alone), you’ve come to the right place. We’ve asked experts ...

Annual trimming after blooming is the best way to keep the shrub neat and produce new wood to carry the best flowers and fruits. Failing to prune flowering quince can result in an unattractive ...

However, the shrub may need trimming if it gets too large or unkempt. If you do need to prune, the ideal time is after flowering. The shrub can tolerate hard pruning if required, but smaller-scale and ...

Prune for natural form ... When you remove thick, old stems to untangle a crowded spring-flowering shrub, you will still get flowers on the remaining stems that are two or three years old.

Do not remove the lower limbs off of shrub with needles and expect it to grow back because it will not. Prune flowering shrubs immediately after blooming is the best general rule for all plants ...

To prune properly, you need to understand how ... An exception to this rule is the oakleaf hydrangea, a summer-flowering shrub that forms flower buds the previous season. Most evergreens such ...

“Commonly known as the Chelsea Chop in the UK, a pruning technique which coincides with the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, involves ...

So check which species you have as you might need to prune more or less than the average flowering quince. The shrub spreads out via suckers, so use this time to prune away any sideways growing ...

Pruning is key to keeping your shrub healthy and able ... for treatment to be effective. Always prune lilacs in late spring or early summer after flowering. Lilacs are best pruned using a hand ...

However, the shrub may need trimming if it gets too large or unkempt. If you do need to prune, the ideal time is after flowering. The shrub can tolerate hard pruning if required, but smaller-scale ...