Pruning Bushes
Pruning bushes isn't tricky when you understand the rules (see video above) and here are some other guidelines
Garden Pruning How-To's
The first thing
Plants are pretty resilient. It's harder than you think to really screw them up so a mistake or two here and there isn't the end of the world and it likely won't kill your plant.
The Second Thing
Watch the video! Yeah, really. There are only two cuts to learn and once you've learned these you'll know 90% of what you need to know to understand this gardening skill.
The remaining 10% are only detalis.
The Third Thing
The vast majority of plants are best worked on when they are dormant. There are a few exceptions to this but those will be explained in the articles.
Pruning Petunias
Here's the difference between pruning and deadheading a petunia (and most other annuals too)
Pruning Container Gardens
This pruning video was part of a pruning/container gardening seminar I ran
