Grab your shears and get your lawn ready for autumn.
“Bloom time is the key to pruning,” according to The Grumpy Gardener.
Pruning can make plants hardier and help them over the winter too.
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Other plants, however, can’t handle fall pruningsuch asazalea, viburnum, Loropetalum, and lilac.
Prune summer-flowering woody plants in late fall or winter.
Ignore this rule, and your plant probably won’t bloom the next year."
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Angel’s Trumpet
Angel’s trumpet (Brugmansiasp.)
grows quickly, so pruning is necessary.
Butterfly Bush
you could clip several butterfly bush species (Buddleiassp.)
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“Buddleia davidii, on the other hand, should be pruned in late winter to early spring.
Fertilize again, and you may get a second bloom.”
it’s possible for you to cut back the leaves once the blooming season ends in the fall.
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On the other hand, you should not prune Oakleaf hydrangea in the fall.
Lavender
Some selections of English lavender(Lavandula angustifolia)bloom in summer and fall.
Just ensure that the plant has time to ready itself before winter sets.
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This species of phlox “blooms in late spring or early summer, bearing 3/4-in.
flowers in colors including white, pale to deep shades of pink, and lavender-blue.”
Select three to five shoots to become the main trunks, and remove all others at the ground.
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