When Should You Prune Your Trees and Shrubs?

As this is a question we are asked so often, we could not pass up this opportunity to post an article on the subject. Pruning can be very different from trimming, and is drastically different than “hacking”. Houzz e-magazine shows how pruning keeps your plants healthy. Find out the best time to cut back flowering trees, needle-bearing shrubs and more. Here we go…


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March 8, 2019

Houzz Contributor. Horticulturist, freelance writer and Certified Arborist who loves living and gardening in the desert Southwest. She loves creating gardens that are beautiful, yet low-maintenance. Vegetable gardening are her newest passion. Her motto is, “Gardening in the desert isn’t hard…it’s just different”.