Pruning & Pinching ( Added: Tue Jul 19 2005   Hits: 75) Pruning plants is essential to promote growth. By removing deadwood, spent blooms or unruly or unhealthy growth, you allow a healthier plant to take shape, without wasting growth energy.

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	Pruning Cuts ( Added: Tue Jul 19 2005   Hits: 89) The cuts you use to prune result in different growth patterns. The differences lie in where the cuts are made on the stem in relation to dormant buds and side branches.

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	Pruning Styles for Shrubs ( Added: Tue Jul 19 2005   Hits: 59) Since the early Renaissance, manicured shrubs have been a fixture of formal gardens. Centuries later, landscape designers often created gardens and groups of shrubs around a house. You can choose from a variety of styles for the effect you want.

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	Pruning Various Types of Roses ( Added: Tue Jul 19 2005   Hits: 74) First remove any deadwood down to the nearest healthy, dormant bud eye. Make the cut at least 1 inch below the dead area. If no live buds remain, remove the entire branch or cane to the bud union. Examine the plant carefully for canker and other diseases.

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Pruning, Thinning & Training Fruit Trees ( Added: Wed Jul 20 2005   Hits: 52) Thinning a fruit tree is similar to pinching blooms on flowering plants. The goal is to concentrate more energy to less blooms, or fruit. Pull excess fruit off by hand when it reaches 0.5 inch in diameter, then remove the tiniest fruit several weeks later. Take care not to harm flowering spurs on apples or other trees. The fruit stem should remain attached to the spur or branch or injury can result.

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Should daylilies be cut back after blooming, and when should they be fertilized? ( Added: Tue Jul 19 2005   Hits: 62) You can keep Hemerocallis, or daylily, neater in appearance by cutting the flowering stalks down to soil level when flowering stops. These are easy-care plants, performing best when they receive fertilizer (5-10-10) in the spring prior to bloom and another application in late winter.

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