The flowering period of a shrub is decisive in determining when it should be pruned. Inexperienced gardeners have reason to hesitate. It may also be useful to print out the tree and shrub pruning schedule and pin it in the shed so you always have it in view. This makes it possible to program these essential works according to the varieties, without risking disturbing the flowering by too severe a cut or carried out at the wrong time of the year. Here is, month by month, how to organize the pruning of many trees/shrubs.
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This list is not exhaustive.
Pruning trees and shrubs over the seasons
Pruning trees and shrubs in winter
In winter, we choose the beautiful days to prune the trees and shrubs, that is to say when it is not freezing. It is also necessary that the leaves have already fallen, but we prune before the end of February because the flower buds have not yet appeared, the plants being still in a period of dormancy.
Some experienced gardeners, however, avoid winter pruning in many cases to carry out this task preferably around the month of June because at this time of the year the trees heal more quickly.
However, it should be noted that only at the very end of winter, summer-flowering species are pruned, as this promotes the growth of young wood on which the flowers will develop.
Pruning trees and shrubs in the spring
In spring, pruning allows ventilation inside the antlers. To do this, it is necessary to attack the branches that cross at the heart of a tree. In this way, they will benefit from greater luminosity. Dead wood and twigs are also removed so that structural branches and flowering branches are not deprived of sap.
In late spring, spring-flowering shrubs should be pruned only if they are completely deflowered. If not, we wait.
Pruning trees and shrubs in summer
In summerwe eliminate (as in any season besides) the branches and twigs sick, dried out and we take the opportunity to remove the faded leaves and flowers.
Pruning trees and shrubs in the fall
In autumnthe pruning makes it possible to remove the surplus branches in order tolighten the antler and shorten spun shoots. It is also at this time that training pruning is carried out to guide a tree or shrub, knowing that it must be done gradually.
There is no one size rule. It all depends on the variety concerned, its time of flowering or fruiting, and its age too. Some trees need to be pruned every 7 to 10 years (oaks…) while others need to be pruned every 4 or 5 years, or even every 2 years…
Likewise, there is a training size, a sort of guide gradually leading the tree or shrub to its final shape. The maintenance pruning proves essential for removing misplaced or intersecting branches, cleaning the crown (crown) and relieving the antlers. As for the rejuvenation waist, it takes place every 2 or 3 years as needed. The main goal is to declutter the tree. It is necessary to cut back the branches quite severely in many subjects.
Improper pruning can harm a tree or shrub. Do not hesitate to entrust this type of maintenance to a professional like a landscaper to offer a new youth to these plants in the rules of the art.