Winter pruning
How many times have you put it off?
Pruning, I mean. In winter. When trees and shrubs are dormant. It’s just so easy to procrastinate, to leave it for another year, by which time you know, in your heart of hearts, that the branches of said tree or shrub will have grown out of reach or formed a dense thicket that probably won’t flower or fruit well. It’s time to bite the bullet and get stuck in.
Winter pruning needn’t be difficult if you follow a few simple rules of thumb. The leafless branches mean you see what you’re doing, so you can more easily choose what to keep and what to cut out. Just remember that winter pruning will stimulate subsequent shoot growth, whereas summer pruning tends to slow growth down.
Pruning now allows you to improve the shape of the
