Do-it-now-landscaping.com News: Read Up before you start to cut your Plants, Trees and Bushes

Think before grabbing the shearshttp://www.indystar.com/articles/4/230195-5874-053.html

When you're out there getting into spring, don't be too quick to prune woody shrubs, especially those that flower in spring.These shrubs bloom on what's called old growth or year-old growth -- branches and buds that developed during last year's growing season.If pruning is needed, the time to do the job is about a month after spring-flowering shrubs have bloomed.Though the books say to prune in spring or fall, you don't have to do the task unless the plant needs it.If a viburnum will be 6 feet wide and 15 feet tall when full-grown, planting it 18 inches from the house under a 12-foot-high eave means a never-ending job of pruning to keep the shrub from growing where you don't want it.When selecting shrubs, plan for their mature size, and add 12 or 18 inches to the width, especially if you will need to walk around them.Mulching with shredded bark or chopped leaves is a great way to add all the fertilizer most woody plants will need.If you just have to whack back something, take on the ornamental grasses, which can be cut back at this time of year.

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