Pruning

Branch matters Thanks for the idea aefra Pruning I have been doing a little pruning in the garden it is a good time to prune some trees and shrubs others are best left till springtime correct pruning helps keep a tree healthy and keeps it from going straggly looking unkempt To prune get a rely sharp pair of secateurs and prune (cut) Just above a bud with buds that are opposite each other just prune straight level. With buds that grow alternative prune at an angle just above the outward pointing bud the new growth twig/branch will grow outwards from your tree if ...  Read the complete review

That is the question.I have tried both ways and found that some plants will do just as well with,some will actually thrive if not pruned every year. Roses,I used to prune religiously every late March/early April as my father,grandfather and father-in-law had,after doing the little cut back in November to stop wind rock as all good books tell you to.Well one year I rebelled and did not prune my roses.Where I live we have very sandy soil and roses do not do that well anyway but,in the year of my rebellion(1998)I could not believe what happened.With my large flowered roses,Ena Harkness and Pink Favourite,I had about 75% more flowers than I normally did,on my ...  Read the complete review

And nor is Pruning. Now the Garden Section has been revamped, and Pruning has a heading of it’s own. And my few words on pruning roses has been moved from Roses to Pruning. Which is great. Except it now seems a little inadequate. So always up for a challenge, I thought I should expand from roses, to pruning generally. ‘Cos I know this is a subject which gives some gardeners (not just novices) nightmares. Hence this mid-January update. The original stuff on roses is still intact – at the end. I hate books on pruning. I have a pet - and probably very cynical – theory, that on the basis that big books sell for more money than ...  Read the complete review