The shrub can recover from this hard renovation pruning, but there will be no flowers or fruit on the new growth that sprouts that year. It is beneficial to mulch around the shrub after hard pruning.

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Tree and shrub pruning can seem daunting: when to prune, how much to prune, ... Try forsythia, lilacs, barberry, spireas, mockorange, dogwood, flowering quince and privet.

Sometimes a garden shrub grows too large for its site. It may have long branches blocking a walkway or window. It may be shading out other plants or getting wider and taking over a bed.

Basic Shrub Pruning Techniques. Well-pruned shrubs and trees are a hallmark of a carefully tended yard or garden. Posted ...

Basic Shrub Pruning Techniques. Well-pruned shrubs and trees are a hallmark of a carefully tended yard or garden. Posted ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Gardeners are itching to get out and do something productive in their yards this time of year. Ward Upham, a horticulturist at Kansas State Research and Extension, says one ...

Gardeners fall into two camps when they think about pruning. One group can't wait to get their hands on a pair of pruning shears and start carving, and the mere thought of pruning strikes fear in ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. — The Japanese Barberry is known as a hardy, easy to plant shrub this is resistant to disease, insects and deer. However, forestry experts ...

Japanese barberry was introduced as an ornamental in 1864 and pitched as a replacement for fungus-prone common barberry. The spiny shrub grows as tall as three feet and is widely used in hedgerows.