Can I prune box in September? Knowing how to trim a box hedge is one thing, but knowing when to prune your plants will ensure you aren't stunting healthy growth.

Some shrubs, hedges, climbers, and soft fruit can benefit from being trimmed this month to keep plants healthy, neat, and productive. Taking a little time with the pruning shears in September will ...

Q.: What is the best time to trim boxwood and how much should be trimmed? Also, what about timing on trimming rose of Sharon? Don Hoenes, Union City A.: Assuming the boxwood is several years old ...

Q. When should boxwood and other hedges be pruned? Stephanie Pratt: Prune in late spring or early summer. Avoid pruning in late summer or fall.

Low growing hedges used for parterres, knot gardens or as borders around vegetable beds can be kept neat by trimming twice a year. Cut box, rosemary, lonicera, lavender and germander in spring and ...

No matter what type of hedge you have, it likely will benefit from at least one pruning a year. Pruning helps keep hedges tidy-looking, thicker and can help control size.

The first one from Iowa State University give the proper time to prune shrubs and trees. The second one from University of Maryland includes a video showing how to prune boxwoods specifically.

Wait a few more weeks to prune fruit trees and other plants where skill is important for the health, appearance or the future crop of fruit. Prune on a mild day when the wood is not frozen.

PRUNING trees and shrubs to form hedges is as old as gardening. In the great estates of the past, hedges framed views, defined borders and marked transitions to wilderness. In modern Los Angeles ...

Question: My holly and sweet viburnum hedges need pruning. When is the best time for the trimming? Answer: Delay pruning a little longer. While these plants are usually hardy during cold weather, p… ...

Pruning them now cuts off the blooms. Other shrubs can be lightly shaped now but any heavy pruning should wait until spring when the weather warms.