🌱When To Prune These Top 10 Shrubs🌱

Hey there, fellow plant lovers! Ken Lain, the Top 10 Gardener, here.  Hold Your Horses! When to Prune those Shrubs.

 

It's getting chilly, and you might be itching to tidy up the garden, but hold on! Many plants are just starting to wind down, and pruning them now could do more harm than good.

 

Think of it like this: your shrubs are getting ready for winter, storing energy, and forming buds for next spring. If you prune them now, you'll be cutting off those future flowers!

 

So, when should you prune? For spring, bloomers like lilacs, forsythia, and azaleas wait until after they flower in the spring. That way, you'll get to enjoy the blooms and avoid cutting off next year's flower buds.

 

For summer bloomers like Russian sage and lavender, wait until late winter or early spring. This gives them time to harden off and prepare for the cold.

 

And remember, those bare branches aren't just unsightly; they protect the plant's core from winter's chill. So, resist the urge to prune everything back to the ground just yet.

 

Take a deep breath, enjoy the changing season, and we'll get to that pruning soon enough!

 

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🌱Ken Lain, the Top 10 Gardener

 

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