This article originally appeared in the March 7, issue, pp.

Aug 05, For most shrubs, late winter or early spring is the best time to prune.

If you wish, this heavy pruning can be concluded with some light pruning at the tips of remaining stems in order to shape the shrub, such as when it is part of a hedge.

The plants are still in full dormancy at this time but are just preparing to produce new growth. If your shrub is a spring-blooming variety, though, make sure to leave behind enough flower buds on the stems for a spring treeclearing.barted Reading Time: 6 mins. Apr 23, Trim early-spring flowering shrubs right after they bloom.

Clip summer flowering plants in winter or early spring. Trim nonflowering plants after new growth has completely formed. You can do Estimated Reading Time: 3 mins.

Apr 20, DO Prune Flowering Shrubs at the Right Time of Year Spring-flowering shrubs, such as lilac and forsythia, develop buds that will display the following year during the Estimated Reading Time: 5 mins. Oct 05, Although it’s easy to focus on how to trim an overgrown shrub, when to prune is equally important. Badly overgrown shrubs respond well to pruning in late winter/early spring, just before new leaves appear. Managing large shrubs isn’t done overnight. Instead, prune neglected, overgrown shrubs over three treeclearing.barted Reading Time: 2 mins.

Nov 11, Prune these shrubs before new growth begins in the spring, either when they are dormant in winter or in early spring. A butterfly bush (Buddleja davidii). Jul 27, Summer crops, or summer-bearing, produce fruit on the previous season’s (fall) canes, which can be removed after the summer harvest and again in spring after the threat of frost and prior to new growth. Fall-bearing types produce on first year’s canes and are thus pruned back after the late fall harvest when dormant.