Frosty broccoli
The thought of going outside to do a bit of gardening might appear to be a crazy one, but it’s not that bad when you are out there. It’s a good time to go around and have a look at your deciduous trees and shrubs now. Prune trees that are getting to be a nuisance by growing over paths, near telephone wires, or too close to the house.
Leave flowering shrubs such as forsythia, spirea and quince as they are spring flowering and you don’t want to chop off all of the flower buds. Leave them until after they have flowered in late spring before you trim them.
Prune established fruit trees such as apples and pears (leave stone fruit such as plums and peaches as they could get fungal diseases in the damp weather) Remove any diseased or dead wood from the tree and cut out branches that are crossing one another. Opening the tree out like this will give the fruit the maximum amount of sunshine come the summer.
Leave flowering shrubs such as forsythia, spirea and quince as they are spring flowering and you don’t want to chop off all of the flower buds. Leave them until after they have flowered in late spring before you trim them.
Prune established fruit trees such as apples and pears (leave stone fruit such as plums and peaches as they could get fungal diseases in the damp weather) Remove any diseased or dead wood from the tree and cut out branches that are crossing one another. Opening the tree out like this will give the fruit the maximum amount of sunshine come the summer.
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