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Gardening Calendar
Gardening Calendar
JANUARY
January is when climbers, shrubs and trees are leafless and in their dormant period and one of the best gardening months for pruning any garden subjects that could cause problems during winter storms and high winds. Wisteria is a good example of a climber that can be pruned now. After flowering the previous season and given a summer pruning it produces long wispy new growths that need to be controlled by cutting back. Either summer or winter pruning and whichever plant or shrub you are pruning the first step is to remove any dead or damaged branches.
JANUARY
January is when climbers, shrubs and trees are leafless and in their dormant period and one of the best gardening months for pruning any garden subjects that could cause problems during winter storms and high winds. Wisteria is a good example of a climber that can be pruned now. After flowering the previous season and given a summer pruning it produces long wispy new growths that need to be controlled by cutting back. Either summer or winter pruning and whichever plant or shrub you are pruning the first step is to remove any dead or damaged branches.
JANUARY
January is when climbers, shrubs and trees are leafless and in their dormant period and one of the best gardening months for pruning any garden subjects that could cause problems during winter storms and high winds. Wisteria is a good example of a climber that can be pruned now. After flowering the previous season and given a summer pruning it produces long wispy new growths that need to be controlled by cutting back. Either summer or winter pruning and whichever plant or shrub you are pruning the first step is to remove any dead or damaged branches.
July
This month there is a lot of pruning to tackle. For a continuous and colourful flower display dead heading is a job to keep on top of. Early summer flowering shrubs that can be pruned are dogwood, lilac and, snowball, wisteria, viburnum, red Robin, and tamarix. It is the ideal time for pruning trees such as maples and birch that are prone to bleeding.
Pruning clematis
Pruning holly
Pruning plum
Pruning Viburnum
Pruning dogwood
Pruning lavendar
Pruning privet
Pruning wisteria
Evergreen clematis
Pruning Lawson's cypress
Pruning roses
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Pruning flowering cherry
Pruning hawthorn
Pruning lilac
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Pruning silver lace vine
Pruning Bottlebrush Buckeye
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