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Late February – March (Pruning of Frost Damaged Plants) Chuparosa Mexican HoneysuckleJusticia californica J. spicigeraSpring blooming and intermittent during summer and fall. Little to no pruning needed. Remove old woody stems to rejuvenate. Light pruning after spring if treegrind.bar Size: 27KB. If you wait too long, your shrubs will start to become an eyesore. Pruning less of the plant but more frequently is by far the best for the overall health of it. We recommend every other month, which comes out to be five times per year.

This is the sweet spot for pruning and will help keep everything looking and performing its best. Oct 05, When to Tackle Overgrown Shrub Pruning. Although it’s easy to focus on how to trim an overgrown shrub, when to prune is equally important. Badly overgrown shrubs respond well to pruning in late winter/early spring, just before new leaves appear.

Managing large shrubs isn’t done treegrind.barted Reading Time: 2 mins. Aug 05, For most shrubs, late winter or early spring is the best time to prune. The plants are still in full dormancy at this time but are just preparing to produce new growth. If your shrub is a spring-blooming variety, though, make sure to leave behind enough flower buds on the stems for a spring treegrind.barted Reading Time: 6 mins. Apr 23, When pruning mature, overgrown shrubs, remove the thickest branches first.

Cut them back to the base of the shrub to promote new growth. Hand pruners are useful for smaller branches. Estimated Reading Time: 3 mins. Mar 02, More drastically cutting back spirea should occur in the fall or in late winter to early spring.

Remove any dead branches and use this trimming to shape the shrub. Cutting it way back will stimulate new growth in tighter clusters so that you can get a more rounded, compact shrub shape.