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Spring Flowering Shrub Care

Landscaping, Property MaintenanceBy Frank D. Porter March 9, 2019 Leave a comment

Those Lilacs, Weigela and Virburnmum and other spring flowering shrubs looked “great” this spring with their spectacular blooms and aromas. But now that they have bloomed, what do you do? Proper pruning can promote new growth, maintain the plant’s shape, encourage flowering and also aids in pest and insect control as well as disease problems.

Not so fast with those pruning shears

Landscaping, Property Maintenance, Shade GardeningBy Frank D. Porter October 6, 2014 Leave a comment

before you prune, make sure it’s the right time of year and the right plant to prune. Many homeowners go nuts in the fall cutting shrubs and perennials down, thinking they are through for the year, which they are in a sense, but still because they need their dormancy it is no license to butchery in the landscape.