She added, "When you don't prune, the blueberry bush is filled with old, damaged, and unproductive canes. This will impact ...

The problem is that generations overlap, so a plant will have one-year-old canes bearing fruit, mixed with the next season's stems making their early growth. To prune the plants, cut out the ...

With a good pruning schedule ... roses and other plants that flower on the current year's wood are best pruned in early to mid-spring, while those that flower on old wood, such as forsythia ...

Sweet cherries fruit on one- and two-year old wood, and on spurs of older wood. Overall, they require only light pruning once established. Prune once the fruit has been picked. First, remove any dead, ...

Buddleia In summer and autumn, gardeners can prune buddleia, also known as the butterfly bush. Whilst it is best pruned in the spring, it can be given a haircut in the autumn months by removing ...

Burning bush is generally a low-maintenance deciduous landscape shrub but it can grow vigorously. If you’re contemplating when to prune a burning bush shrub to maintain its shape or rejuvenate a ...

The autumn brings different challenges for gardeners and the question of when to prune trees becomes an issue. “Summer can also be a good time for removing larger branches and for removing dead ...

No matter what type of rose you have in the landscape, pruning will help improve ... and by the end of summer these vigorous bushes will be just as large as last year. Old woody canes can be ...

If you are currently experiencing pruning remorse or are reluctantly tasked with an amputation, as I am, the only way to hide the resulting atrocity would be to add an understory layer of plants.

Even gardening enthusiasts who managed the perfect summer hydrangeas must be ready to prune when necessary. The trickiest part is distinguishing old growth from new, as each requires trimming at ...

We’re talking about pruning — trimming away excess growth to shape plants and control their size ... But stay away from once-blooming types such as old garden roses and climbing cultivars ...