Spring Pruning of Shrubs

After waiting for the pore, when the snow begins to melt and decrease in volume, gardeners go out to the household plots and inspect the branches of plants. With the onset of the first warm days begins pruning fruit trees and shrubs. Gardener armed with a well-sharpened tool and begins to thin out thick crowns. The task of this spring procedure is to remove frozen and unnecessary branches, shaping the plant. It is very important to work the pruner or saw carefully, that pruning of trees and shrubs does not inflict large wounds on the plant and does not form stumps on their trunks.

All the wounds on the plant, which were formed as a result of pruning of large branches, must be processed. For this purpose, a mixture called garden bar is used. Always pruning shrubs is accompanied by treatment of wounds received by the plant as a result of frostbite, damage and damage to rodents. The marks on the bush should be cleaned, processed with copper sulfate, diluting one spoonful of powder in ten liters of water. Then cover with a mixture of garden varnish and tie with a film or a dense cloth.

Bushes of currants and gooseberries need to be weeded out. Than they will be less thickened, the better the harvest will be. Ranking in berry bushes does not overgrow, so when cutting them, you need to leave small, about one centimeter, hemp. They will dry up and will not oppress other branches.

In the early spring, a very careful annual pruning of shrubs of ornamental-deciduous plants is necessary. As a result, they will begin to actively increase the number of young branches, and the leaves will become more juicy, will have a greater decorative effect. The type of truncated shrubs is always more neat and well-groomed. Proper pruning is a very important condition for the cultivation of healthy handicraft plants. But, along with this, they need constant care, which consists in combating pests, watering and weeding. Then the decorative shrubs will become a real garden ornament, they will please with abundant flowering, juicy foliage or needles.

Pruning of decorative shrubs is aimed at obtaining maximum aesthetic effect. The technique for each individual plant species is chosen. Considering the huge assortment of shrubs, it's hard to even imagine how diverse the trimming techniques are. Conditionally it is possible to subdivide decorative handicraft plants into beautifully flowering, deciduous or coniferous plants. Pruning of beautifully flowering shrubs is aimed at achieving more abundant flowering.

Such shrubs as viburnum, lilac, Japanese quince form annual replacement shoots only around the perimeter of the crown, and not from its base, so they need a very gentle and minimal pruning especially in the early years of life. Shrubs that blossom in the middle of summer also do not require intensive pruning, as they are cut off regularly after flowering.

Pruning shrubs and constant care for them allows you to get healthy and beautiful plants. Each kind of artisanal plant requires a separate approach and attention.