Category: Pruning
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Hartlage Wine Calycanthus
Hartlage Wine Calycanthus, Calycanthus raulstonii ‘Hartlage Wine,’ is an underused large shrub that ticks all the boxes: gorgeous blooms, long season of bloom and easy to care for. Where does Hartlage Wine Sweetshrub Grow? Hartlage Wine Calycanthus will grow in full sun or shade. However, you’ll get more and larger flowers in full sun. Calycanthus likes average…
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How Does a Tree Heal
A tree forms callous tissue to cover wounds. How quickly a tree heals depends on the size of the wound and where it’s cut. The Sugar Maple cross-section at the top of this post shows a well healed wound. You can see the cut and the callous tissue that closed the wound. Below is the same wound from the…
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Prune Lawn Trees High
I just returned from an evening walk with Theo and my forehead burns from a fresh scratch. Theo walked around a tree four feet from the road. As I went around the back a branch caught me 3 inches above the eyes. I did have a flashlight. I was looking at the ground for footing and suddenly smack! This is a…
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How to Prune a Tree Hydrangea – Part 3
In the last video in my series on How to Prune Tree Hydrangeas I show you the results of our effort. A tree hydrandgea full of flowers. This winter I hope you will get out and try pruning your tree hydrangea. I know you can do it! By John Holden
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How to Prune a Tree Hydrangea – Part 2
Over the winter I showed you how to prune a tree hydrangea (Hydrangea paniculata). In this video I show you the new growth emerging on the same shrub. I hope this video gives you the confidence to try pruning your tree hydrangea. By John Holden
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How to Prune a Tree Hydrangea – Part 1
Prune your tree hydrangeas (Hydrangea paniculata) after growth has stopped in the fall or before new growth in the spring. Tree hydrangeas can take a heavy pruning with ease. Don’t be afraid to prune them. Your goal when pruning tree hydrangeas is to: Remove crossing branches. Remove dead branches. Remove last years flower buds. Thin…
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How to Prune Using the Three Cut Method
There is plenty of information about how to prune using the three cut method. Today I’d like to show you why to prune using the three cut method. When pruning trees and shrubs we want the wound to heal quickly. The quicker the wound heals the better your tree or shrub can seal out attack by…
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Selectively Pruning Evergreen Shrubs – Part 2
In the first part of this series I showed you how to selectively prune evergreen shrubs. Now I’d like to show you one of the greatest benefits of this pruning method. By selectively pruning your evergreen shrubs you can control their height indefinitely. Every time you prune you are cutting into the shrub, so…
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Selectively Pruning Evergreen Shrubs – Part 1
Why do people get out their hedge shears once a year, usually during the heat of June or July, and prune their evergreen shrubs like a new recruit in the army? Yes Virginia, there is a better way! If you want healthy, attractive and easy to care for evergreen shrubs try selective pruning. Benefits of Selectively Pruning Evergreen…