9 Shrubs You Must NEVER Prune in Fall (You're Killing Them)

📕 Get a beautiful perennial garden with less watering, fewer costly mistake from Henry’s Garden Blueprint: https://henrysgardensecrets.com/ You paid forty dollars for that blue hydrangea. Next June, you get a big green bush without one flower on it. And the lilac that bloomed for fifteen years? Nothing. Just leaves. It isn't you. Every fall cleanup list says cut it all back. None of them says which shrubs are already carrying next year's flowers, sitting in the tips of the branches right now. Here are nine shrubs to leave alone this fall, and when each one actually wants the shears. IN THIS VIDEO Why a fall trim burns boxwood and costs holly its berries · what roses really need before winter · "crape murder", and why waiting costs a crape myrtle nothing · the shrub that shows you next spring's flowers right now · three cuts that are safe on any shrub in October · the fragrant shrubs you can't see ruining · the lilac that quit after fifteen years · and the one I get asked about more than any other. ✂️ WHAT YOU CAN CUT THIS FALL (ANY SHRUB) Dead wood · broken branches (back to healthy wood, just above a bud or side branch) · diseased stems (well below the damage, blades wiped with rubbing alcohol between cuts, clippings in the trash, not the compost). Everything else waits for its own season. 💬 COMMENT: Got a shrub that hasn't bloomed in years? Tell me what it is, what color it used to be, and your county. I'll answer as many as I can. 🔔 SUBSCRIBE - a new one every couple of days. 👍 LIKE if you've ever given a shrub a "tidy" October haircut and paid for it in May. 📚 SOURCES - University of Minnesota Extension, Michigan State University Extension, Oregon State University Extension, Purdue Extension, NC State Extension, University of Arkansas Extension, Chicago Botanic Garden, New York Botanical Garden, Clemson HGIC. Full claim-by-claim list available on request. #Pruning #FallGardening #Shrubs #FallPruning #GardeningTips #Hydrangea #Lilac #CrapeMyrtle #Amer