A-Z
Listing of Shrubs - Click the first letter of your shrub; then click on
your shrub.
(If
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A/
Abelia
Acer
Amelanchier
Apple trees
Arbutus
Aucuba
Azalea Mollis types (deciduous) - simply dead head the faded flowers
before they set seed. Otherwise see
Rhododendron
pruning.
Azalea japonica types (evergreen)
B/
Bay Leaf Tree -
Laurus nobilis
Berberis (evergreen types)
Berberis (deciduous)
Buddleia (davidii types)
also known as Butterfly Bushes.
Buddleia alternifolia
- different to prune than the 'davidii types'
Brachyglottis
(Senecio) - normal pruning
Brachyglottis (Senecio - hard
pruning
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C/
Callicarpa
- as per Buddleias.
Camellia
Caryopteris
Catalpa
bignonioides Aurea
Ceanothus (deciduous types)
Ceanothus (evergreen types)
Ceratostigma
Chaenomeles
Choisya
Cistus
Clematis Pruning
Cornus
(alba, stolonifera and sanguinea types)
Cotinus Royal Purple - for foliage effect
Cotoneaster
Cytisus scoparius (Broom)
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D/
Daphne
- only if necessary
Deutzia
Dogwoods - Cornus alba, stolonifera and sanguinea
E/
Elaeagnus
- Evergreen Types can be cut back quite hard during
April/May - or later
Erica
Escallonia
Eucalyptus - for foliage effect
Eucryphia
Euonymus (evergreen) - trim to shape in spring - or cut back hard if
required.
Euonymus (deciduous)
Exochorda x macrantha
The Bride - Pruning
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F/
Fatsia
Flowering Currant pruning
Forsythia
Fothergilla
Fuchsia (hardy)
G/
Garrya
Gaultheria
Genista
Griselinia - Can be cut back quite hard at start of Spring growing
season.
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H/
Hamamelis
Hebe
Hedera Ivy - Prune as required - at any time - other than winter.
Hibiscus Very little pruning needed
Hydrangea macrophylla types ie. Normal garden mop-head or
lace-cap types
Hydrangea
paniculataand Hydrangea arborescens pruning
The arching ones with white/cream
flowers.
Hydrangea petiolaris - Trim as required after flowering
Hypericum
I/
Ilex -
trim in early spring - if required
J/
Jasminum nudiflorum - Cut back the flowered shoots to within a few
cm of the older branch. Also cut back some of the
older branches to within a few cm of ground level in order
to promote more basal growth. To grow as a small arching
shrub, prune each spring as for
Buddleja.
K/
Kalmia
Kerria
Kolkwitzia
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L/
Laurus
nobilis (Bay Tree)
Lavandula - Lavender
Lavatera
Leptospermum
Leucothoe - rarely, and if so, just to shape - in early spring
Leycesteria
Ligustrum
Lilac
(Syringa)- will tolerate hard renovation pruning also - if
required.
Lonicera
M/
Magnolia
Mahonia
Mock
Orange (Philadelphus)
Myrtus - Can be pruned to shape, or cut back hard in early growing season,
or later in year, but not after mid August.
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N/
Nandina
O/
Olearia
(Will shoot out from old wood, so can be cut back severely)
Osmanthus
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P/
Pachysandra
- as and when required for shape and spread
Paeonia
Pear Trees
Pernettya - No pruning required. Cut back if necessary in April
Perovskia
Philadelphus
- Mock Orange
Phlomis - Trim as required for foliage effect - otherwise nil.
Phormium - Nil - simply remove dead or damaged foliage.
Photinia Red Robin
Phygelius - as a herbaceous perennial, simply cut back hard in the spring
Phygelius
Pieris
Pittosporum
Potentilla
Prunus Triloba
Pyracantha
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Q/
R/
Rhododendron
Rhus
Ribes
Robinia
pseudoacacia Frisia - Normal - or as a spectacular
foliage shrub.
Roses (Bush)
Rosmarinus
S/
Salix
For maximum stem colour in winter
Salvia
Sambucus
Santolina
Senecia - see Brachyglottis now.
Skimmia - only if necessary
Solanum
(Evergreen climber type
Spiraea (billardii & douglasii only)
Spiraea Snowmound,
Arguta, Goldflame, Vanhoutei etc (Early summer flowering
types)
Syringa - will tolerate hard renovation pruning also - if
required.
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T/
Tamarix
tentandra (spring flowering) Also known as Tamarisk
Tamarix pentandra (T. ramosissima) Late summer flowering type.
U/
Ulex
V/
Viburnum
to follow
Vinca - restrict growth by cutting back hard in early spring (March)
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W/
Weigela - Wegella -
Weigelia - How and when to prune weigela
Wisteria
X/
Xanthorhiza
Y/
Yucca.
Z/
Zauschneria
- needs no pruning but I needed a 'Z' plant! (OK I know, Zelkovia
and Zenobia etc)
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