Master Gardeners of Northern Virginia
Over 40 Years of Growing Gardens and Gardeners
Winter is an excellent time to prune many trees and shrubs. Learn why and how to prune to remove crossing and rubbing branches, suckers, water sprouts, and damaged wood. Join Extension Master Gardeners for a hands-on class in basic pruning techniques.
Public education classes offered in January and February are now on the website in the Master Gardener Virtual Classroom. Each video has been edited and captioned, and each page includes multiple resources.
MGNV has focused on Pruning in the month of February. Here is a round-up of our pruning resources.
Worried about cicada damage? Learn more about coping with "flagging" and the right way to prune post cicada damage.
Stumped by something in your garden? Ask the Extension Agent
❧ Frozen Fig Tree
❧ Topping vs Pollarding
❧ Pruning Herbs & Brambles
Stumped by something in your garden? Ask the Extension Agent
❧ Scale on Japanese plum prostrate yews
❧ Pruning citrus
