Autumn Pruning
There are various plants that can be pruned in the autumn months to ensure they flourish next year. Pruning plants at the right time of year helps maintain their health and encourages strong growth and flowering in the following season.
Plants that you can prune in the autumn are:
Roses - remove dead or diseased stems with additional pruning to help improve the shape of the plant. The ideal way to prune is to make an angled cut just above an outward-facing bud to promote new growth.
Hydrangeas - remove spent flowers and dead stems carefully. Do not cut back stems that have not flowered this year.
Lavender - cut back spent flower-stalks and trim the plant lightly, while avoiding cutting into the old wood of the plant. It is always a good idea to prune lavender to maintain a rounded shape and prevent the plant from looking and becoming leggy.
Early Spring flowering plants such as Forsythia and Ribes should only be pruned in the spring, after flowering, to ensure that flowering buds are not removed. Following flowering, the plants can be hard pruned to remove any excess growth.
While it is good to prune some plants during the autumn, pruning evergreen plants should be avoided. Evergreens should only be pruned between April and September.
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