Master Gardeners of Northern Virginia
Promoting environmentally sound gardening practices for over 35 years!
Come to an outdoor, hands-on class to learn how to prune your plants to make them look their best now and look even more spectacular next spring. Extension Master Gardeners Bob Besse, Angela McNamara, Molly Newling and Claire Wade will lead you through the principles and practices of good pruning.
Summer pruning helps you to improve overall structure and size of your woody plants or boost fruit and flower production in fruit trees and shrubs. Extension Agent Kirsten Conrad will walk you through the how, when, and why to do summer pruning on hedges, multi-stem shrubs, small trees and perennial ornamentals. With these best practices, your pruning will result in healthier and fuller growth, better flowers and fruit, and more attractive landscaping.
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
