Do not Prune Spring-Flowering Shrubs
Delay pruning spring-flowering shrubs until after they have flowered: otherwise the display of this year will be lost.
Delay pruning spring-flowering shrubs until after they have flowered: otherwise the display of this year will be lost.
Now is a good time to prune hardy evergreen hedges and renovate overgrown deciduous hedges.
There is still time to winter prune apples and pears. But what has to be considered? A summary: http://j.mp/a4jUFN
Many summer-flowering deciduous shrubs such as Hydrangea paniculata and hardy fuchsias can be pruned now.
Winter-flowering shrubs that have finished flowering can now be pruned.
Wisteria can be pruned now: cut back the sideshoots shortened by summer pruning to two or three buds.
Pruning and renovation of many deciduous trees, shrubs and hedges can still be carried out now.