Best Time To Prune Visualizing how to cut tree branches If we get a break in the weather (which we will, eventually), it will be ideal time to get the pruning tools out and clean up winter damage, trim out fruit trees, and cut back many clematis vines. Those that bloom on new wood are prime candidates for pruning, although those which are scrubby looking, like quince bushes … [Read more...] about Late Winter Is Time To Prune
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Today People Are Looking For…
The candle growth on a pine. Today people are looking for information on how to prune a mugo pine. That is the Google interpretation of what people want from this garden journal. It is just a little too late to be asking that question. But it is just the right time to prune other things, like the Spring blooming shrubs: Lilacs, Viburnums, Forsythia, Weigela, et al ... all … [Read more...] about Today People Are Looking For…
Mugo Pines: When to Trim and Prune
To Prune or Not to Prune, That is the Question Google keeps sending people to my blog for answers on when to prune a mugho or mugo pine. I know I've mentioned it in posts, but now it is time to inform everyone of the best time and the proper way to prune a Pinus mugo mugo Don't trim or prune your pine in the fall. That is the short answer. Pines will stop growing from the points at which … [Read more...] about Mugo Pines: When to Trim and Prune
Pruning Your Mugo Pine
Don't Butcher Your Pine The Mugo gets large when left unpruned I have to make this small entry, to save someone out there from the butchering I saw was once done to mugo pines. On the other hand, if you don't keep up timely pruning, you will have a monster bush on your hands ( like said example above). Now (Spring with the new growth) is the time to snip the new growth, … [Read more...] about Pruning Your Mugo Pine