Internet is filled with plenty of tips on how to improve your pruning techniques. However, one of the most crucial factors you will ultimately require to harness the maximum efficiency from all those tips is to know when to prune.

You might as well obtain all the knowledge about how to prune your garden the most effective way, but such procedures if performed at the wrong time can produce the most contradicting results.

Trees of all the things are delicate and have specific nourishment requirement. If you end up pruning a particular tree in the wrong season or the incorrect stage, no amount of perfect pruning techniques can help you restore the tree’s ideal health. Professional arborist such as Tree Services Sydney can help you determine the ideal pruning time for any types of garden trees.

Here are some of the most common garden flowers and trees, and their ideal pruning seasons and stages in order to ensure the best results.

· Hydrangeas

Hydrangeas are present in various forms, and all of these types have specific pruning needs. Common Hydrangeas such as lacecaps, white, pink, and blue mopheads are ideal for

blooming on old woods. Such kinds of Hydrangeas are best suited if you prune them before midsummer. Whereas, Winter pruning is highly not recommended for such kinds of Hydrangeas.

On the other hand, the other types of Hydrangeas such as The Let’s dance and The Endless Summer are ideal for blooming both on old wood and new growth. Such types are less dependent on seasonal pruning. The ideal time still remains early midsummer; however, you can also prune them during Winter without compromising its bloom.

· Spring Trees and Shrubs

Spring-flowering shrubs and Trees such as Rhododendron, Forsythia, and Lilac bloom on wood formed during the previous season. As such, it is best if you allow them to bloom fully during its prime season-spring, and prune only after they finish blooming. If you prune them during their blooming season or during Winter, you will remove their flowering buds resulting in inferior bloom during spring.

· Summer Trees and Shrubs

Some of the prime examples of summer shrubs and Trees are crape myrtle, Butterfly bush, and Potentilla. These types of trees bloom flowers on new wood from the ongoing season. Summer trees are the only exception where Winter Pruning is considered ideal. They are dormant during the winter season. As such, pruning them during this time gives them ample time to regenerate and bloom with their full potential during the next summer season. You can even prune them all the way down the ground during the Winter.

You can also prune them during the early spring season when they are just about to push out their new growth. This does not compromise their blooming capacity during the summer as well.

· Roses

Rose varieties such as the Old Garden Roses and the Climbers which bloom only once a year should be treated the way the common Spring Trees and Shrubs are pruned, i.e. pruning them only after they finish blooming.

Other types of Roses that repeatedly bloom throughout the year such as Miniatures, Hybrid teas, Grandifloras, and shrub roses are pruned immediately after the winter season mainly to remove the damaged canes. However, they can also be pruned during the early spring season if they overgrow.

· Deciduous Fruit Trees

In case you have deciduous fruit trees in your backyard, you should determine the ideal pruning season in order to ensure optimum fruit-bearing potential.

Deciduous fruit trees such as Apple, pears, peaches, cherries, and plums are best suited for pruning during the mid-winter season. This may compromise some of their flower buds, but

pruning during that particular time opens up the tree to absorb maximum sunlight and produce healthy fruits.