All About Pruning: Webinar, Videos, Podcasts, and Articles
March is known for being a fickle month weather wise. We’ve had snow storms and 70F days already this month and it’s not over yet! But one garden chore you can do, regardless of the weather, is pruning. Lots of gardeners get intimidated by pruning and often don’t do enough or do nothing at all. It is important to prune certain trees and shrubs this time of year and I show you all the details in my webinar, How to Prune Trees and Shrubs. Learn more about that webinar below.
But also, many gardeners have pruning questions about specific plants. So, I’ve include pruning articles, podcasts and videos on how to prune lilacs, blueberries, hedges, roses, and raspberries in this newsletter as well. Pruning is an art and science and I try to show how a little knowledge and some imagination is needed to prune well. That being said, many plants can withstand pruning mistakes and recover fine. So, don’t be shy about trying.
So, whatever plant you’re wondering about pruning, you’ll probably find helpful information on my website and in this newsletter. Get out there and have fun shaping and cleaning up your favorite plants.
Until next time I’ll be seeing you, in the garden.
Charlie
How To Prune Trees and Shrubs Webinar
Many gardeners are afraid of hurting their plants when they prune. But with a little knowledge you can properly prune your fruit trees, shrubs and trees so they produce more flowers and fruits for you and stay healthier. In this webinar, I take you through the steps of pruning. Topics include the art and science behind pruning, what happens to young trees and shrubs when they’re pruned, and how to prune to make your plant have a better shape without turning it into a ball or box. You’ll learn when and how to prune a variety of flowering and evergreen shrubs, when and how to prune young trees and a three part pruning for large limbs. Whether it be fruit trees, large trees, small shrubs, lilacs, hydrangeas or hedges, I’ll show you how to prune them properly.
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How to Prune Roses
In this article, I talk about the best ways to prune hybrid tea, floribunda, species, climbing and landscape roses so they’re more productive and have less problems with disease.
Learn more How to Prune Roses here
How to Prune Blueberries
In this podcast and video, I talk about pruning blueberry shrubs. You don’t really need to prune them much in the first 5 to 7 years. Just remove dead, diseased and broken branches. But once they really start producing you’ll need to prune to create different aged branches that will keep the production coming for years. Blueberries can produce fruit for decades, if well cared for. I talk about how to prune and what branches to remove in this podcast and video.
Learn and watch for more on How to Prune Blueberries here
How to Prune Lilacs
Lilacs can often baffle gardeners especially when they get overgrown. In this video and podcast, I talk about the best ways to keep your lilacs small through pruning at the right time and in the right way. I also show how to deadhead spent flowers and when and how to rejuvenate an overgrown lilac and still have flowers each year.
Learn more about Pruning Lilacs here
How to Prune Raspberries
Raspberries are easy to grow fruits, but they do require some maintenance, including pruning. The key is to understand that raspberry canes are biennial, so each summer you should remove the fruiting canes after they are finished. I talk about when and how to prune these July bearing varieties and also how to prune ever bearing raspberries as well. You can get two crops a year for ever bearers, but we cut ours to the ground this time of year to get just a fall crop.
Watch my video to learn more about Pruning Raspberries
How to Prune A Hedge
Evergreen hedges can be beautiful in the landscape, but they need pruning, sometimes a few times a year, to keep looking great. In this video and article I show how to prune a hedge so it thrives and stays full even as it grows tall. I talk about deciduous and evergreen hedges, the right tools and the right techniques to keep them healthy.
Watch my old National Gardening Association video on Pruning Hedges
