If you prune in winter, the wounds should heal without bleeding, as plants are dormant. Winter pruning also gives them less ...

Less pruning, more blooms, berries, and backyard birds.

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Fruit growers stand to benefit just as much as those tending ornamental plants, according to Ali. "Gooseberries and currants should be pruned in late winter while they're still dormant," he advises.

Since it produces flowers on new wood—meaning summer blooms emerge from shoots developed that same year—achieving "big, dramatic flower spikes" requires hard pruning "now". Aldi recommends cutting ...

Aldi suggests trimming last year's growth back to roughly 30-60cm from ground level, adjusting based on the plant's size and vigour. He said: "It can look brutal. But buddleia responds very well to a ...

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Once the temperatures move up into the 20s and 30s next week, you could scout around for pruning opportunities.

Often known as the butterfly bush, buddleia should be cut back firmly before spring gets going. It flowers on new wood, meaning the blooms you see in the summer grow on shoots produced that year. If ...

The aim with gooseberries is to create an open, goblet shape. “You want good airflow through the centre,” Ali said. “Remove ...