In this Martha Stewart article, David Horvath from Davey's Lake Bluff office says which trees homeowners should skip for winter pruning this December.
With winter approaching, your gardening to-do list is filled with maintenance tasks, like raking leaves, mulching plants, and removing snow. You might consider pruning trees, too—but not all of them should be cut back in December.
Trees that produce spring blooms on old wood should be left alone, as they rely on winter energy stores to produce flowers. Pruning them now won't kill the plant, but it can force energy toward new leaves and growth, rather than blooms.
So save pruning these five trees for spring or summer—and spend the winter looking forward to when they'll blossom once more.
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