This plant was pruned just weeks after it started rooting. Trimming near the end of the growing season is the least desirable because pruning tells the plant to start growing like crazy and you don’t want to force lots of new growth at the end of the growing season because that when plants slow down so they can harden off to protect themselves for the coming winter.īut look at the difference. If they need trimming, trim them right now.ĭoesn’t matter to me if it’s mid-spring, middle of winter or middle of summer, they get trimmed. Don’t wait, don’t wait until they bloom or do this or do that. The ideal time to trim your plants is as soon as you notice that they need pruning. When it the Best Time to Do this Kind of Pruning? However, if I don’t sell this plant in one season it will go into a larger pot and at that time it will be pruned again. In this photo I am trimming the plant one more time to make it nice and balanced, to make it fill out even more, and from this point, I’ll let it fill out nicely. Mike McGroarty trimming a Hakuro Nishiki Willow shrub.
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