Tagged: pruning

Bayou Garden
7:18 am
Sat March 2, 2013

Without Pruning Tropical Plants May Get Overgrown

Credit Matthew Levine / Flickr
A banana plant growing in Baton Rouge's Spanish Town.

So far, this has been a relatively mild winter, as a result many of the tropical plants in our landscape get really big by July.


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Bayou Garden
7:20 am
Sat December 22, 2012

'Tis the Season for Pruning

Credit Sharon Dowdy / University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Office of Communications and Technology Services
Georgia Master Gardener Extension Volunteers demonstrate proper pruning techniques.

Winter is a great time of year to evaluate shrubs, trees, hedges, and foundation plantings for any needed pruning. But for spring-flowering plants, it's best to wait.

  • Dan Gill identifies what to prune now and what to prune in the summer.

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