02 Feb
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Late winter or early spring is the best time to prune many trees and shrubs. Visit us to find assorted gardening gloves for light or heavy work, and a wide range of professional-grade tools. We carry Felco, Wolf Garten, DeWit, and ARS brands. Make clean cuts with sharp tools, and protect your hands from scratches and blisters. These plants benefit from a winter pruning:
Trees
- Evergreens like juniper, yew, holly, boxwoods, inkberry, spruce, and fir. Do not prune pines.
- Shade trees, such as oak, maple, sweetgum, katsura and hornbeam
- Apple and pear trees
Shrubs
- Boxwood, Inkberry, Holly
Gardening gloves for light or heavy work. - Rose of Sharon
- Butterfly Bush
- Spirea
- Smooth and panicle hydrangeas
- Roses
- Clethra, beautyberry, potentilla, St. Johnswort
Vines
- Grapes
- Wisteria
- Summer- or fall-blooming clematis
Get more winter pruning tips from the Old Farmer’s Almanac and read our Winter Garden Checklist.