‘This avoids shock to the tree when fruit is maturing and allows enough time for healing.’ It is advisable to prune quickly after the tree has been harvested in the summer. This gives the tree lots of ...

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"Tender new shoots won’t harden off before winter and can break during a hard frost." Gardeners often believe they are ...

“Fruit trees need ... roses should receive major pruning in the spring before buds form, wild roses, old garden varieties, and most climbing roses benefit from a summer trim after their bloom ...

In summer, shorten non-flowering ... so a plant will have one-year-old canes bearing fruit, mixed with the next season's stems making their early growth. To prune the plants, cut out the fruited ...

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September is a busy time for gardeners as autumn presents the perfect opportunity to carry out essential pruning for the ...

3. Fruit trees The gardening pro continued: “Prune fruit trees to help improve their shape and yield. When pruning fruit trees, make sure you remove all of the diseased wood or dead wood.

Sweet cherries fruit on one and two-year old wood, and on spurs of older wood, so pruning concentrates on shortening new shoots to encourage new spur production. In early summer, select new ...

This week's Plant Pick of the Week is a native shrub that turns wine-red and ripens blue-black berries in early fall.

Pruning them to a single trunk with a perfect tree shape looks elegant, but it may give you less fruit and a less healthy ...