Join Extension Master Gardener and ISA certified arborist, Maraea Harris, as she discusses summer pruning. Summer provides a second and sometimes much needed time to prune a variety of spring flowering trees and shrubs and to help perennial flowering plants look their best. Summer pruning helps you to improve the overall structure and size of your woody plants or boost fruit and flower production in fruit trees and shrubs.
Zoom session, recorded June 2, 2023
Video of Presentation
Chapter Breaks & Captioning Coming
- 0:00:00 Intro & Reasons to Prune
- 0:02:57 Pruning Myths
- 0:06:17 Pruning Resources
- 0:09:03 Identifying What You Are Pruning
- 0:11:16 How is Summer Pruning Different?
- 0:13:36 Summer Pruning “Do Nots”
- 0:15:12 Pruning Tools
- 0:16:10 Plant Response to Pruning
- 0:18:16 Pruning Cuts
- 0:19:15 Q & A
- 0:20:29 Spring Flowering Species
- 0:27:33 Vigorous Species
- 0:32:12 Q & A
- 0:42:59 Flowering Vines
- 0:47:25 Herbaceous Perennials
- 0:57:42 Q & A
Additional Resources – from VCE Publications and Educational Resources
Pruning Basics Handout
Pruning Calendars with Lists of Plants
Chelsea Chop Resources
- DiSabato-Austm Tracy, 2017. The Well-Tended Perennial Garden. Timber Press.
- LaLiberte, Kath. 2018. The Chelsea Chop: How And Why To Prune Perennials. Longfield Gardens.
https://blog.longfield-gardens.com/how-and-why-to-prune-perennials/