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Eight Reasons to Prune Plants in Summer
27.08.2024 - 16:56 / gardenersworld.com / Alan Titchmarsh
Summer pruning is an often overlooked task, but if anything, it’s just as important as chopping plants back when they are dormant in winter. Cutting back plants in summer has a host of benefits, not least in helping to restrict the size of your plants and stopping them outgrowing their allotted space. It can also promote future flowering and fruiting.
More on pruning plants:
- Best tools for pruning
- Pruning dormant plants in winter
- The basics of shrub pruning (video)
Discover eight reasons to prune in summer, below.
Pruning encourages more fruit budsMany fruit trees including apples, crab apples, medlars and mulberries produce a crop on short flowering spurs along the bottom half of branches. These don’t need pruning, but cutting back vigorous growth made in spring will encourage more productive growth to develop.
Find out how to prune fruit trees in summer.
Pruning prevents diseaseTrees in the cherry family Prunus are prone to silver leaf disease. Pruning in summer helps to avoid infection, as the fungal spores are airborne between September and May. This is also the time to prune out any branches that are weak, competing or crossing.
Discover how to prune plants to avoid disease.
Alan Titchmarsh shows how to prune a cherry tree, in this video guide. He explains why you must always prune cherry and plum trees in summer, shows the right tools to use for pruning and demonstrates how to improve the shape of your tree.
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