Cutting back shrubs keeps precious plants healthy, looking neat, and putting on a fantastic annual display of flowers.

Hannah Stephenson looks at what to prune now, and what can wait... It's almost time for plants to start back into life, when gardeners dust off their secateurs to get their prized shrubs and trees ...

it’s just about time to get back in the garden and start giving your plants the TLC they need to reach their full potential this spring and summer. The best time to prune evergreen shrubs is ...

Crossed branches will rub against each other so this is always a good place to start cutting back. Diseased or dead parts of plants will be obvious too, and once you cut out these sick parts of ...

But the truth of the matter is, shrubs don’t need to be cut back. In fact, shrubs existed just fine for millennia without the able assistance of well-intentioned gardeners. Cutting back shrubs ...

The time to cut these plants back is immediately after flowering, which is usually May or June, to give the new growth maximum time to mature and form flowering buds for the following spring.

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. When it comes to pruning, timing is everything. Knowing when to cut back evergreen shrubs will ...

February is the ideal time to prune most trees and shrubs but only if they really need pruning — not just because you read it’s the season for cutting things back. Pruning is primarily done to ...

Use a nourishing compost in preparing soil for planting. Be aware of the water needs of different plants. Among the most water-thrifty vegetables and herbs are overwintered plants like garlic ...