Overview

• Trim long wisteria side shoots back to five or six leaves immediately after flowering to manage growth and stimulate next season blooms.
• Hard prune mature early flowering shrubs by cutting older stems back to the base for renewed wood and more abundant spring blossoms.
• Remove excess fruit from apple, pear and dessert grape clusters now by leaving two well-spaced fruits per spur to aid ripening and reduce limb strain.
• Deadhead spent roses and lightly prune lilacs and azaleas to remove dead or crossing branches and refine plant shape.
• Cut back geraniums and delphiniums after their first flush of flowers to trigger a fresh bloom cycle.