pruning

Pruning grapevine, tips and guidance to succeed

The pruning of a grapevine is an important step that determines proper fruit formation and harvest.

A cordon-type pruned grapevine in autumn.

Cloud pruning for trees and shrubs

Niwaki – this is the Japanese word for cloud pruning. It’s the act of trimming trees into cloud shapes. An ancestral, elaborate art, this cloud pruning technique was developed to create symbolic spaces,

Magnificent example of a cloud-pruned shrub with 8 to 10 clouds and a silver gray trunk.

Fruit-inducing pruning

Fruit inducing pruning is an important step in the growth of your fruit tree and gives you control over its productivity.

A young lady prunes an apple tree to spur fruit-bearing.

Pruning apple and pear trees

Winter and the very beginning of spring are the most auspicious season for pruning a pear tree and an apple tree.

Apple and pear trees have damaged branches that must be removed.

Hat racking, a drastic solution to recover runaway trees

In some cases, ornamental shrubs or trees neglected for a long time need drastic pruning to get back into shape.

A tree hat-racked in the previous years in view of pollarding.

Trimming hedges, the right time

When should a hedge be trimmed, what is the right timing, and how should one go about it best?

A woman kneeling timming a boxwood topiary hedge.

All there is to know about pruning hydrangeas

Hydrangea is a beautiful shrub, and pruning helps boost blooming and makes the plant healthier.

Pruning trees and shrubs

Better not to prune than to prune wrong. Before going crazy with your hand pruner in the garden read these lines.

In March, prune your roses!

March is the ideal month to prune your climbing, bush, repeat-blooming rose trees… Let us tell you why.

Pruning English rose trees

Pruning English roses is an essential step in order to expect beautiful blooming and nice roses in summer.

Pruning rose bush shrubs, technique and timing

Here are the tips on how to prune your rose bush shrubs, the right timing and the pruning technique.

Pruning rose trees, when and how to do it

Pruning is an important step in the life cycle of a rose tree because it is the key to bearing great flowers.

Winter pruning of seed fruit trees

Although pruning is definitely a human invention, and trees can go without it to develop naturally, it presents the advantage of renewing the plant’s vigor and increasing its fruit productivity.

Espalier and palmette pruning for apple and pear trees (+video)

Apple and pear trees are regularly pruned to promote fruit-bearing, but did you know that shapes like palmette or espalier are more adapted to trees planted along a line or set against a wall? Here is a video on how to easily prune your fruit trees into palmette or espalier. Read more ►