Maintaining A Beautiful Garden With Pruning

Pruning is one important aspect of maintaining a beautiful garden. It helps the plants in your garden produce lovely flowers, promotes even growth of the plants and keeps the stems and branches healthy and strong.

If you want to propagate your plants, pruning is also the best way to get samples for transplant.

Pruning cannot be done in a snap and as you wish, since there are so many things to consider before pruning your plants. You need to make sure that your plants are really in need of pruning or else you would ruin the beauty of your plants if they are prune prematurely.

So how would you know if your plants are really in dire need of pruning?

The best way to do this is to keep track of your plants the first time you prune them. Since firsts are usually trial-and-error, it is important to note how your plants respond to your pruning so you would know better the next time you do pruning again.

Some plants react best to pruning during early spring. Others best respond to late winter pruning, just before the buds break.

If you have shrubs that bloom during summer, then you should prune them during summer immediately after their flowers have shown or during early spring just before the buds would set.

If suckers and foliage keep pestering you, then prune your shrubs during summer. Don’t wait until late summer or early fall to prune your plants since they may grow back so easily during winter.

For shrubs that bloom in spring, prune them immediately after their flowers have shown and have dried out.

Just a little tip – you can prune your plants anytime as long as they have already completed their growth for that particular season. You would stop the growth of your plants if they are prune prematurely and irregularly but if pruning is done correctly and in the right time, your plants would grow beautifully in sizes and shapes that you earnestly desire.

Another important thing to note is that when your plants are damaged by bad weather or any inhuman acts, then pruning should be done immediately. Don’t wait for summer or the schedule you have earlier set for your plants to be cut since damaged branches or stems may no longer be revived if they are pruned late. Pruning them immediately may save whatever is left of the damaged part.