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SHRUB NAME |
WHEN TO PRUNE YOUR SHRUB | HOW TO PRUNE YOUR SHRUB |
| Abelia | SPRING WHILE DORMANT | Flowers on new wood, cut to the ground every year to renew |
| Almond, Flowering | AFTER FLOWERING | Flowers on past seasons wood, remove dead growth or prune to shape the shrub, note: pruning reduces the next seasons blooms for one season |
| Arborvitae | BEFORE SPRING GROWTH BEGINS | Do not cut old wood with no leaves |
| Acuba |
JUNE - AUG |
Flowers on past seasons wood |
| Azalea |
AFTER FLOWERING |
Flowers on past seasons wood |
| Barberry |
AFTER BLOOMING |
Flowers on past seasons wood, pruning while dormant reduces the next seasons blooms, remove old stems to ground every year |
| Boxwood |
AFTER FLOWERING, EARLY SUMMER, LATE SPRING |
Mid-season clipping if you are shaping your hedge |
| Broom |
AFTER FLOWERING |
Flowers on past seasons wood |
| Butterfly Bush |
BEFORE SPRING GROWTH BEGINS |
Flowers on new wood, cut to the ground every year to renew |
| Crape Myrtle |
BEFORE SPRING GROWTH BEGINS |
Flowers on new wood, cut to the ground every year to renew no later than EARLY FALL |
| Dogwood, red twig |
AFTER FLOWERING |
Flowers on new wood, remove old stems yearly to renew |
| Euonymus |
AFTER FLOWERING |
Mid-season clipping if you are shaping your hedge |
| Forsythia |
AFTER FLOWERING |
Flowers on past seasons wood, remove dead growth or prune to shape the shrub, note: pruning during dormancy reduces the next seasons bloom |
| Fothergilla |
AFTER FLOWERING |
Flowers on past seasons wood, remove dead growth or prune to shape the shrub, note: pruning while dormant reduces the next seasons bloom |
| Hibiscus |
SPRING |
Flowers on new wood |
| Holly |
AFTER FLOWERING |
Flowers on past seasons wood, remove dead growth or prune to shape the shrub, clip mid-season if used as a hedge |
| Honeysuckle |
AFTER FLOWERING |
Flowers on new growth, remove old stems yearly to renew, mid-season clipping if used as a hedge |
| Hydrangea (Spring Bloom) |
MARCH IF NECESSARY OR AFTER FLOWERING |
Flowers on past seasons wood |
| Hydrangea (Summer Bloom) |
MARCH IF NECESSARY OR AFTER FLOWERING |
Flowers on current season wood |
| Juniper |
LATE SPRING OR EARLY SUMMER |
Grows on past seasons wood |
| Lilac |
AFTER FLOWERING |
Flowers on past seasons wood, pruning while dormant reduces the next seasons bloom, remove old stems yearly to renew |
| Mock Orange |
AFTER FLOWERING |
Flowers on past seasons wood, pruning while dormant reduces the next seasons bloom, remove old stems yearly to renew |
| Mountain Laurel |
LATE SUMMER AFTER BLOOM |
Flowers on past seasons wood, pruning while dormant reduces the next seasons bloom |
| Mugo Pine |
SPRING |
Snap new growth in half when needles are 1/2 - 2/3 mature size |
| Privet |
AS NECESSARY |
Sheer if used as a hedge |
| Potentilla |
SPRING BEFORE NEW GROWTH APPEARS |
Flowers on current season wood, remove old stems yearly to renew |
| Pussy Willow |
APRIL-JULY |
Flowers on past seasons wood, pruning while dormant reduces the next seasons bloom |
| Pyracantha |
AFTER FLOWERING |
Flowers on past seasons wood, pruning while dormant reduces the next seasons bloom, cut far below diseased wood, disinfect tools |
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Rhododendron |
EARLY SPRING OR AFTER FLOWERING |
Flowers on past seasons wood, pruning while dormant reduces the next seasons bloom |
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Rose |
SPRING |
Flowers on current season growth |
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Rose of Sharon |
BEFORE SPRING GROWTH BEGINS |
Flowers on new wood |
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Spirea (Spring Bloom) |
EARLY SPRING WHILE DORMANT |
Flowers on past seasons wood, pruning while dormant reduces the next seasons bloom |
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Spirea (Summer Bloom) |
AFTER FLOWERING |
Flowers on new wood |
| Sumac |
EARLY SPRING BEFORE NEW GROWTH APPEARS OR AFTER FLOWERING |
Flowers on new wood, remove old stems yearly to renew |
| Vibernum (Deciduous) |
AFTER FLOWERING |
Flowers on new wood, remove old stems yearly to renew |
| Vibernum (Evergreen) |
AFTER FLOWERING |
Flowers on new wood |
| Weigela |
AFTER FLOWERING |
Flowers on past seasons wood, remove old stems yearly to renew |
| Yew |
EARLY SPRING |
Mid season sheer if used as a hedge |
