Pruning in June

Ken Cox Pruning advice for June

• Prune out any frost damage from winter once you can se where the new growth is coming from.
• Prune flowering shrubs such as Deutzia, Kolkwitzia, Weigela and Philadelphus as soon as they finish flowering so they can regrow and flower well next year.
• Rhododendrons can be pruned after flowering if they are leggy or outgrowing their space.
• Prune rampant Clematis montana as soon as it has finished flowering. You can really hack it hard at this time of year. 
• Remove any reverted green shoots on hardy variegated plants such as Elaeagnus to prevent reversion to green.
• Twining climbers (such as honeysuckle and Clematis) need regular tying in and twining around their supports.
• Tie in some stems of climbing and rambling roses as near to horizontal as possible. This will encourage lots of dense flowering shoots to come from them.

Rhododendrons flowering again 12 months after being hard pruned in early June.