What's the best time to prune shrubs? It depends on the type of shrubbery you have: pruning shrubs grown for their floral displays requires a different mindset than does pruning shrubs grown for their evergreen needles. Even the question of what's the best time to prune flowering shrubs, specifically, can't be answered without breaking "flowering shrubs" down into two categories.
Spring blooming shrubs such as forsythia are generally pruned just after they bloom. By contrast, you'll want to prune some summer blooming shrubs in early spring, because they bloom on new wood; for example, beautyberry.
Likewise, questions about the best time to prune evergreen shrubs can't be answered without first determining whether the shrubs to be pruned are needle-bearing or broadleaf evergreens.
Below, I discuss examples where the best time to prune the shrubs in question may not be obvious to the average person:
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When Should You Prune Lantana? Does Pruning Time Depend on Where You Live?
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When Do You Prune Desert Bird of Paradise?
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What About Pruning Hedge Shrubs?
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