Pruning Forsythia Bushes

When to prune forsythia you can prune this shrub before flowering even though the standard advice is to wait until after flowering. Cut the stems to 12 in 30 cm or more if you want to encourage growth.

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Pruning forsythia bushes!!!

It won t hurt the plant and if you ve got a misshapen shrub that no longer flowers well you haven t got flowers to lose anyway. Remember that the blooms grow on old wood. Pruning forsythia into a formal hedge will remove most of the shrub s flowering potential. Cut back the entire plant to within 4 inches of the ground with the disinfected shears.

Forsythia is a very forgiving plant. The timing of your pruning depends on what you re trying to accomplish. Rejuvenate the forsythia in late winter or early spring before the buds begin to swell. If you wait until summer or fall to trim forsythia bushes you ll find that the number of flowers that you get the next spring will be much less than desired.

How to prune forsythia pruning mature forsythias remove a quarter of the oldest stems by cutting them at ground level. Rejuvenated forsythia won t bloom the first year after rejuvenation pruning but they should resume flowering within one or two years. In a mature forsythia shrub cut at least one fourth to one third of the oldest thickest branches close to the ground. Not taking the size of a mature plant into consideration.

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