Pruning shrubs at the right time

!±8± Pruning shrubs at the right time

Pruning shrubs is an important component of care and maintenance of your landscape. But pruning should be done at the right time to achieve the beauty and appearance of the plant upright. Pruning at the wrong time to cut flowers for the loss of 'all year because they were buds. Therefore it is important to you is the right time to choose and to understand where the form flower buds.

Flower buds form on both new wood or old wood, depending on the species. InGenerally, when the shrub produces flowers on new wood will be cut in the bush during the winter months before the plant comes from rest and begins to bloom. If the shrub flowers in old wood should be pruned immediately after flowering, so do not cut in the next years blooms occur.

Shrubs that bloom on new wood
These shrubs should be in December, January and February will be cut
Abelia
Buckeye, Bottlebrush
Butterfly bush
Crepe myrtle
Hibiscus (Confederatepink)
Hibiscus (Rose of Sharon, althea)
Hydrangeas bloom, fall
Hydrangea ('Annabelle')
Hypericum (St. John)
Nandina
Oleander
Rose, shrub
Smoke Tree
Summer flowering Spirea

Shrubs that bloom on old wood
These plants bloom, all wood last year, so they should be pruned immediately after they bloom. Do not wait too long, as a gem in the summer and you risk cutting off.

Almond, flowering
Azaleaevergreen
Azalea, deciduous
Camellia
Daphne, winter
Deutzia
Forsythia
Fothergill
Gardenia
Honeysuckle, Winter
Hydrangea, oak leaves
Hydrangeas, summer bloom
Indian hawthorn (Raphiolepis)
Jasmine, Winter
Kerria
Leucothoe
Lilac
Mockorange
Mountain Laurel (Kalmia)
Osmanthus
Pieris
Pyracantha
Quince
Rhododendron
Rose, Climbing
Spirea, spring blooms
Sweetshrub (Carolina allspice)
Sweetspire(ITEA)
Viburnum, deciduous
Viburnum, evergreen
Weigela
Willow, Pussy
Winter flower (Chimonanthus)
Witch Hazel

Foliage shrubs
There are also shrubs that are grown for their foliage and flowers, if one is trivial. The rule of thumb is to prune these shrubs in winter. A little ', or the snipping does not lend itself well during the growing season.

Anise (Illicium)
Arbor Vitae
Aucuba
Barberry
Boxwood
CherryLaurel
Cleyera
Cotoneaster
Eleagnus
Euonymus, deciduous
Euonymus, evergreen
Fatsia
Harry Lauder's Walking Stick
Holly, evergreen
Holly, deciduous
Juniper
Laurel, English
Mahonia (Oregon Grapeholly)
Photinia
Pittosporum
Podocarpus
Privet (Ligustrum)
Sumac
Wax myrtle
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These are some general guidelines to follow for you, if the care of the shrubs in your garden. If you have questions about specific plants, you canAlways contact your local service and its Cooperative Extension master gardener or his representative will be happy to answer your questions or provide additional information.