Pruning is one of the most important maintenance practices to keep your landscape healthy and attractive. Most homeowners struggle with understanding why, when, what and how to prune. Read more: SOURCE: … [Read more...]
Pruning Ornamental Plants in the Landscape
Anyone can prune, but not everyone prunes properly. Improper pruning, or pruning at the wrong time of the year, can result in mis-shapened plants, reduced flowering or plants that are more likely to be damaged by insects, diseases or winter cold. … [Read more...]
From The Bedford Extension MG Help Desk – October 2020
QUESTION Client wants to know whether hydrangea, azalea & miscellaneous shrubs can be pruned in the late Fall. DIAGNOSIS / RECOMMENDATION According to Virginia Cooperative Extension (VCE) publication A Guide to Successful Pruning: Shrub … [Read more...]
Pruning Flowering Shrubs
The correct time to prune your flowering shrubs depends on when they flower. A rough rule of thumb is to prune spring-blooming shrubs soon after they finish flowering because most bloom on old wood, while those that bloom in summer and fall usually … [Read more...]
Top 5 Spring Gardening Chores
Get off to a great gardening year by finishing these tasks early With spring comes spring gardening chores. Put down your gardening catalogs, slip on your gardening gloves and boots, and head out the back door. Time spent outdoors tending to the … [Read more...]
Winter Pruning
Winter is the right time to prune many types of plants in our landscapes. For those who are interested in pruning timing and techniques, I hope this helps. CONTINUE SOURCE: https://pitt.ces.ncsu.edu/2016/02/winter-pruning-2/ … [Read more...]
How to Prune Lavender Plants
Vigorous pruning means heavier blooming. A hardy plant for sunny dry spots and one of the longest-blooming semi-shrubs around, lavender (genus Lavandula) would earn a place in most sunny gardens even if it didn’t have such a … [Read more...]
Pruning Your Butterfly Bushes
The client called in with concerns about a butterfly bush that was not pruned back over winter. There is no sign of green/growth yet coming from base / roots or on any over-wintered branches. Can it be pruned now? Will there be blooms … [Read more...]