February is a busy time for pruning. Deciduous shrubs, grasses, and hedges all need trimming this month along with climbers, ...

Correct lopsided growth by lightly pruning longer shoots and hard pruning weak stems. Shrubs such as forsythia and buddleja can soon accumulate masses of old, dead wood in the centre if they are ...

Mountain hydrangeas bloom on old wood. Cut out dead or weak stems in late winter or early spring (check for brown stems under ...