Spring pruning is an important part of garden maintenance, promoting healthy growth and flowering of many plants. However, not all green inhabitants of your garden need it.
Which plants are best left unharmed in the spring so as not to disrupt their natural cycle of development and flowering?
Anastasia Kovrizhnykh, an expert of the online publication "BelNovosti" - a scientist, agronomist and landscape designer, told what to do in such a case.
Autumn flowering shrubs
Bushes such as hydrangea and barberry form their flower buds on last year's branches in the fall. By pruning them in the spring, you risk depriving yourself of a flowering plant this year.
Late blooming roses
Late-blooming rose varieties have one interesting feature: they bloom on last year’s shoots.
Spring pruning can delay or even prevent their flowering, so be careful with the pruning shears.
Early flowering trees and shrubs
Trees such as cherry, plum and some apple trees, and shrubs such as forsythia and magnolia, flower on branches that have already formed.
Pruning in the spring months will remove the buds and you will not see them bloom.
Bulbous flowers
The period after flowering is when bulbous flowers such as tulips, daffodils and hyacinths store energy in the bulb for the next season. Cutting off green leaves immediately after flowering will harm them.
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Expert: Anastasia Kovrizhnykh
