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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.
June
June is a time we look forward to taking time out to relax and enjoy our gardens. But we still have a little work to do, there are some early flowering shrubs that will need pruning if they are to continue rewarding us year after year with their beautiful flowers. The ideal month for pruning wall-grown shrubs, buddleia, magnolias, early flowering clematis, weigela, deutzia, lilac, mock orange, spiraea, dogwood, wisteria plus any unfinished pruning jobs left over from May.
Pruning birch - Betula
Pruning common beech
Pruning dogwood
Pruning Lawson's cypress
Pruning privet
Pruning yew - Taxus baccata
Pruning rowan
Pruning box - Buxus Sempervirens
Pruning deutzia
Pruning Japanese maple
Pruning Magnolia
Pruning spotted laurel
Pruning Leyland cypress
Pruning Silver lace vine - Fallopia aubertii
Pruning clematis
Pruning hawthorn
Pruning evergreen clematis
Pruning pear
Pruning weigelia
Pruning rhododendron
Pruning firethorn
Pruning common hornbeam
Pruning ivy
Pruning jasmine - Philadelphus
Pruning plum
Pruning wisteria
Pruning roses
Pruning evergreen clematis
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