How often do you have to trim the flowers and bushes in your yard?

Question

When?

Answer 1

Trim flowers weekly until late summer when drought reduces blooms. Trim every two weeks then. Trim your bushes in the spring and fall, UNLESS they are bushes that flower in the early spring, like azaelias. Those bushes set flowers in August or September. You do not want to prune in the fall.

Answer 2

If you want flowers to continue to bloom, snip off each flower after it has bloomed and starts to dry or look pathetic. Snipping will keep the plant blooming; ignoring spent blooms means the plant will start making seeds in each flower head, so it will stop blooming soon.

I have a number of flowering plants in my yard that bloom for a month or two, but then the green of the plants starts to get sickly looking, so at that time I cut the stalks way down. Some of those flowering plants then send up new greenery and bloom again, but others just die back. (at which time I yank the plants, if annuals, or cut them off near the ground if perennials). It varies from plant type to plant type. There is no rule that covers all plants.

For bushes, pruning varies greatly and you should refer to a gardening book for specifics. Typically, you prune sometime after blooming each year, perhaps in summer or fall, sometimes in winter. Shrubs/bushes vary greatly in when they are actively growing and when they are dormant.

At any time of year you can tidy up on bushes and snip a bit, but drastic pruning must be done at the correct time or you can stunt the plant, remove all blooms for the season, or even kill the plant.

Answer 3

This completely depends on the type of flowers/bushes you are dealing with. Many plants, however, are amenable to prunging and dead headding/trimming in the fall.

Answer 4

Some things can only be trimmed at certain times of the year. Roses after the first frost. Azaleas after they finish blooming. Everything is different.

Answer 5

A couple of times a year or whenever I think they look a bit straggly. Today I cut back lots of stuff,and pulled up a heap of canna lillies and ferns which I gave to my neighbour, who pots them up and sells them to make a bit of cash.

Answer 6

every two weeks or so maybe month depending on type of flower, bushs ext.