The days are getting longer, the temperatures are getting warmer and the gardening bug is starting to bite—hard. But the soil is too wet to venture into perennial borders for planting, so what's a gardener to do?
Prune. The landscape is full of opportunities and reasons to wield your pruners. Removing dead, damaged or overgrown stems lowers the risk of future disease and pest problems. Well-pruned plants grow and bloom with more energy and look better, too.
Fear of a misplaced cut should not stop gardeners from picking up their pruning shears. Just as a bad haircut grows out, a plant will almost always grow out of a pruning mistake.
There are a variety of plants that respond beautifully to early spring pruning. If we can't dig, let's prune!
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