Inject life into the garden with pruning

11:08:20 25th August 2010

Gardens can suffer in August when the summer is drawing to a close but autumn has not yet settled in. Pruning could inject more liveliness into the garden at this time, according to one expert.

Dan Pearson, writing for the Observer, notes that at the end of the summer, gardens can start to look at little drab.

To counter this, he suggests that flourishes of foliage can be encouraged to create a fresher appearance by pruning.

It is important, however, to only prune plants that are strong enough to cope with it. Hard pruning must only be carried out older plants, perhaps several years old, which have more developed roots.

Recently, the Royal Horticulture Society commented to the Telegraph that rambling roses need to be pruned to allow new growth to come through.

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