In summer I am always cutting them back.

Because it blooms on new growth from spring through fall, abelia can be pruned in winter. The Southern Living Garden Book instructs, “To retain abelia's naturally graceful shape, use hand pruners to cut a few of the main stems to the ground each winter or early treecut.barted Reading Time: 4 mins.

Cut star magnolia stems for forcing indoors when buds are plump. Otherwise, clip stems in late winter just before flowers are fully open.

I love this method, and with long Canadian winters, this is the perfect way to spend my time and expand the backyard nursery.

Extend vase life by dipping stems into boiling water for 30 seconds and storing overnight in a deep bucket filled with warm water. Average vase life: 4 to 7 days. Aug 18, Once the cuttings are made and dipped or not dipped, the next step is simple as pie. Just take them outside and stick them in the ground. You can stick them in a flat, you can stick them in nursery pot filled with soil or you can stick them in a bed of sand. Yes, you are doing this in the dead of treecut.barted Reading Time: 8 mins.

Pruning bushes around the home can help them look shapely and nice before visitors come for Thanksgiving or those holiday lights go on. Pruning can also help you better prepare your landscape for the coming winter. Certain foundation plants such as Arborvitae or Hollies can grow rapidly in the summer and then be unwieldy come fall. Oct 19, Removing errant stems and growth will help prevent more acute damage from winter weather and is a sensible way of preparing butterfly bushes for winter in any region.

Place a 3- to 4-inch ( to 10 cm.) layer of mulch around the root zone as further butterfly bush winter protection. It will act as a blanket and keep roots from treecut.barted Reading Time: 3 mins. Sep 09, Deborah, yes, during the dormancy period you can cut most shrubs back pretty hard. Evergreens are going to be slow to fill back in, but in most cases they do. May 20, Examine your shrub for blooms to determine when you should trim it. For blooming shrubs, trim them in the winter when they're dormant to prevent stunting flower growth.

You can trim non-flowering shrubs anytime except late autumn when cutting bushes in winter new growth the plant has after trimming won't have time to mature before it goes dormant%(2). Aug 05, At other times, pruning should be limited to the removal of dead or diseased branches, or simple shaping pruning to keep hedges in their proper shape.

For most shrubs, late winter or early spring is the best time to prune. The plants are still in full dormancy Estimated Reading Time: 6 mins. Most species of butterfly bush, or Buddleia, should be pruned according to the requirements of Buddleia davidii, or orange-eye butterfly bush.

The Southern Living Garden Book instructs gardeners to"cut back plants heavily (nearly to the ground) in late winter.