Everyone always wants to know when the “best” time to prune is. For most plants it’s late winter/early spring. For flowering shrubs it’s within a few weeks after they bloom. (This is for our pleasure, not the health of the plants.) But you shouldn’t feel constrained by this because you can prune at other times. As we get into the colder months, if you prune flowering shrubs you will of course be cutting off any buds that would otherwise bloom next year. So be it. In situations like these, where

The basics of shrub pruning