Guide To Pruning

After reading through various articles talking about how to prune certain trees, shrubs and bushes in your landscape you might find it easier to have a comprehensive guide to when to prune for your ongoing needs so here we are going to list various pruning tips and ideas as well as time lines.

Apple trees are best pruned in the winter months or in the very early spring. Prune only small portions per year and keep the tree top low.

Blackberries are best cut right after the berry season is over when summer is coming to an end. Cut back the blackberry bush to three to foot high but no shorter for best berry producing next season.

Cherry trees are best cut and pruned in the winter months or in the very early spring. Prune back new shoots and dead branches for the best producing results.

Elderberry is a fruit bush that you should cut back after the berries are gone in the months of October and November. This is a bush where you are going to cut back about one half of the new growth for this year to promote healthy branches and lots of fruit for the next year.

Gooseberry is a bush that you will cut back in the early spring even before the last frost is past and you can leave new shoots but cut them back to about twelve inches for this new growing season.

Grape vines will love to be cut to encourage new growth. Cutting back all the old wood branches back to the main vine will make new shoots grow. Grape vines are best cut in the winter months or in the very early spring before the last frost has passed.

Peach trees are best cut in the early spring just after the last frost has passed thinning out about half of what grew last year. It is good pruning to keep the peach tree tops lower to a flat top is ideal.

Plum trees are becoming a more popular tree in landscapes everywhere because of their sweet fruit. Plum trees are best pruned in the early spring months before the sap starts to flow. Be sure to cut back all the dead branches, branches that are rubbing and shape the tree so your fruit will have the best options for sun.