ate winter is the time to prune many evergreen edible plants, such as bay, thymes, rosemary and native midyim berries. Australian native plants generally get a growth flush in spring, so pruning them before the weather warms helps them stay more compact and promotes extra branching and flowering. Pruning midyim plants now will help them form denser growth and branching meaning they will also fruit more. Exceptions to this rule are evergreen native edible plants that flower in spring, such as native thyme, native oregano or native sage. Doing so now means you’d lose their massed purple flower display. Instead, prune them
