After many years working as a professional gardener, these are my go-to plants to prune in July, for a thriving yard in the ...

This is not recommended for all shrubs but works well for spirea, forsythia, pyracantha, ninebark, Russian almond, little leaf mock orange, shrub roses and flowering quince.

Shrubs that respond well to renewal pruning: Forsythia, honeysuckle, lilac, mock orange, potentilla, privet, redtwig and yellowtwig dogwood, shrub roses, spirea, viburnum.

Lilac, mock orange, and forsythia are among shrubs that also flower on one-year-old stems, but on one-year-old stems growing off higher in the plant, so their older wood can stay a bit longer ...

Don’t prune your forsythia, lilac or mock orange yet. Anything you cut off now will result in that much less of a flower show this spring. Except for these and many other spring-flowering shrubs ...

A. Mock orange, Philadelphus spp., is a large shrub that flowers April-May. Since the flower buds are produced on the previous year's growth, it's best to prune after the flowering period. Remove ...

Bloom time is important because spring-blooming shrubs such as forsythia, mock-orange and flowering quince already have flower buds on their branches during the winter. “If you prune those ...

If a shrub flowers in late winter or spring, such as azalea, mock orange and flowering quince, prune after bloom. If they bloom in summer or fall, prune during dormancy in winter.

Shrubs that are good candidates for renewal pruning are multi-stem versions of lilac, forsythia, azalea, rhododendron, viburnum, witch hazel, shrub dogwoods, mock orange, chokeberry, beautybush ...

This weekend's yard jobs include pruning the summer-blooming shrubs, training young trees, and getting started on your 2023 rose-care regimen.

Common spring flowering shrub species include forsythia, lilac, weigela, ninebark, mock orange, flowering quince, camellia, viburnum, and rhododendron including azalea. The typical pruning rules ...