By Anita Gall, University of Nebraska Extension Master Gardener
Have you been enjoying your spring blooming shrubs like lilac, forsythia, spirea, and serviceberry? Now is the ideal time to prune these plants as they bloom on old wood, or in other words, they form their buds during the summer months. Pruning out wood after flowering will allow the buds to form for next spring. Shrubs that bloom in summer and fall can be pruned in late winter. I’m Anita Gall, University of Nebraska Extension Master Gardener.