Archive for February 1st, 2010

January and February are great months to prune many of your shrubs and small trees.  Contrary to what you might read, pruning isn’t rocket science.  If you follow a few simple guidelines, you can prune just about anything in your garden.  (Late winter is not the time to prune spring-blooming shrubs like forsythia, rhododendron, or azalea…if you trim them now, you risk cutting off the buds that produce this spring’s flowers.  Wait until late May or June to prune those.)

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