Spring is in the air, and around many homes spring flowers are already shooting out of the ground. Now is the time to prune your early spring shrubs and trees.
Trees and shrubs to prune in early spring, while dormant
You can still get your pruner out this spring to shape the following list of trees and shrubs, while they are still dormant.
Butterfly bush (Buddleia Davidii) Blue mist spirea (Caryopteris ) Chrysanthemum Glossy abelia (Abelia x grandiflora) Golden rain tree (Koelreuteria paniculata) Honeysuckle (Lonicera fragrantissiam) Hydrangea, peegee (Hydrangea paniculata "Grandiflora") Potentilla (Potentilla fruticosa) Rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus) Spirea (except bridal wreath) (Spirea japonica)) Wisteria (Wistera species)
Trees and shrubs to prune in late spring/summer, after bloom
Azalea (Rhododendron species) Beautybush (Kolkwitzia amabilis) Bridal wreath spirea (Spirea x vanhouttei) Flowering crabapple (Malus species and cultivars) Forsythia (forsythia x intermedia) Hawthorn (Crataegus species and cultivars) Hydrangea, bigleaf (Hydrangea macrophylla) Lilac (Syringa vulgaris) Magnolia (Magnolia species and cultivars) Mock orange (Philadelphus coronarius) Mountain laurel (Kalmia latifolia) Rhododendron (Rhododendron species) Serviceberry (Amelanchier x grandiflora) Slender deutzia (deutzia gracilis) Weigela (Weigela florida) Schedule your prining now for a great season of flowering landscape
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