Plants that must be pruned now for 'spectacular and dramatic blooms' in summer
Plants that must be pruned now for 'spectacular and dramatic blooms' in summer
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Pruning is a crucial task in garden maintenance, ensuring plants stay healthy and reach their full growth potential. This gardening chore involves removing certain parts of a plant, such as dead or diseased branches, wilted flowers and dying buds. However, it's key to only prune those plants that require it during February. To assist you, the experts at Hedges Direct have provided guidance on what to prune now and why.
1. Deciduous shrubs that haven't flowered over winter. They suggest that it's optimal to do this immediately after they've bloomed, so the exact timing will differ from species to species. Pruning these will help to "promote plant growth for the year ahead". Shrubs that can benefit from this include flowering currants, forsythia and mock orange, reports the Express. 2. Wisteria. For "spectacular, fragrant and dramatic blooms" from your wisteria plants, the experts advise pruning them now. They assert that it is "essential" for them to be pruned twice a year - now and in late summer.
Due to its fast growth, the plant needs to be pruned "severely", but without cutting off any of the buds so that the plant can concentrate its energy on flowering rather than generating new leaves. Another advantage of hard pruning wisteria is that it prevents it from overgrowing and should reward you with a display of colourful flowers by late spring and early summer. 3. Evergreen shrubs and hedges. For those green-fingered people who missed pruning their evergreen shrubs last month, now's the time to cross it off your gardening to-do list. These hardy plants can withstand a trim during the chillier months, but be sure to wait until the frost has bid farewell.
Evergreen shrubs like berberis, lavender, orange blossom and box should get a snip after they've bloomed. If you've got shrubs that have been left to their own devices for too long or are looking a bit wild, a good prune can work wonders in rejuvenating them. Don't forget to pamper them with some fertiliser and mulch post-pruning. 4. Clematis. Both midsummer and late-summer blooming clematis varieties "need to be pruned" annually to "retain their shape and promote new flowers". Those that flower in midsummer might appreciate a lighter touch in February and could even grace you with a second bloom come late summer.
