But if your privet hedge is suddenly sprawling all over your sidewalk, it.

Instead, prune hedges and summer blooming bushes (rose of Sharon, butterfly bush, blue mist spirea and others) as the snow melts off in early spring. Hedges can be trimmed until late July to maintain their shape. Prune spring flowering shrubs (lilacs, snowball bush, spirea, viburnum, forsythia and others) within a week of when they quit blooming.

The trouble with pruning certain blooming plants, like Azaleas or Hydrangeas too late is that you can ruin the flowering ability of the plant for the coming season. Since pruning also encourages new growth, pruning too close to the cold season can leave your plant at risk of damage.

Apr 20, No matter what type of shrub you have, fall pruning can stimulate late-season growth that may not have enough time to harden, which can weaken and damage the plant- especially if Estimated Reading Time: 5 mins. Dec 28, Leave it too late, and there will be no time for the shrub to produce next year’s flower buds. For this group of shrubs – prune immediately after flowering. However, there are also several evergreens that can be pruned at this time pruning old shrubs if they are simply being grown for foliage effect.

Flowering Cherry and Almond Trees – PrunusEstimated Reading Time: 9 mins. Aug 20, For some reason, many people believe tree pruning is it to late to trim bushes the fall is the perfect time of year, especially where four seasons are present. The bright leaves begin falling, and some large limbs look a little iffy.

But that assumption could damage your precious trees or even kill them even mature shrubgrinding.barted Reading Time: 6 mins. Apr 23, The best time for pruning depends upon the plant. Trim early-spring flowering shrubs right after they bloom. Clip summer flowering plants in winter or early spring.

Trim nonflowering plants Estimated Reading Time: 3 mins.