By learning a few basic techniques, how plants grow, and, most importantly, why you're pruning, you can approach any pruning job with confidence. You may want to maintain a plant at a certain size or shape. You may want to remove dead, weak, damaged, diseased or insect-infested wood.

In general, just before spring growth begins is an excellent time to prune summer-flowering plants.  They’ll form flower buds on the new growth that pops out in early spring.

Or for spring-flowering plants such as azaleas or rhododendron, wait until they finish blooming so long-awaited flowers that have formed on last year’s growth can bloom.

Will has been an active member of the Master Gardener Association of Cape Cod since 1988 when he left a career in Marine Science to start Perennial Solutions, a landscape gardening business.  He is a Massachusetts Certified Horticulturist and a long-time member of the Ecological Landscaping Alliance.

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