| Amelanchier (shadbush): prune only to shape, as either bush or tree. | Laburnum anagyroides (golden chain): prune after blooming. |
| Carpinus betulus (European hornbeam): prune to tree form. | Loelreuteria paniculata (golden rain tree): prune to shape when young. |
| Carpinus orientalis (Oriental hornbeam): prune to tree from. | Magnolia (magnolia): prune just after blooming. |
| Cassia fistula (golden-shower, senna): cut back seaon's growth to short spurs after blooming. | Mulus (flowering crab apple): prune to shape, renew old wood if necessary. |
| Cercis (redbud): prune after blooming if necessary. | Myrica cerfifera (wax myrtle): prune to remove winter injury, or to shape, in late winter. |
| Cornus florida, Cornus Kousa (flowering dogwood, Kousa dogwood): prune as little as possible; heals slowly. | Myrica pennsylvania (bayberry): prune to remove suckers, winter injury. |
| Cotinus obovatus (American smoke tree): prune to grow as bush or small tree; cut off fading flowers. | Oxydendrym arboreum (sourwood): needs pruning when young. |
| Crataegus (hawthorne): prune to shape in late winter, renew branches if necessary. | Prunus (flowering almond, apricot, cherry, peach, plum) prune to shape in late winter. |
| Eleagnus (Russian olive): prune only to control size, if necessary, in late winter. | Rhamnus davurica (buckhorn): prun to shape in late winter. |
| Euonymous atropurpurea (burning bush): prune in late winter, only if necessary. | Sorbus (mountain ash): prune to tree form in late winter. |
| Fanklinia alatamaha (Franklin tree): prune to tree form. | Symplocos paniculata (sweetleaf): Prune to shape, renew old branches. |
| Halesia monticola (silver-bell): needs pruning rarely. | Syringa reticulata (Japanese tree lilac): prune right after blooming, if necessary. |
| Hydrangea paniculata 'Grandiflora' (peegee hydrangea): prune in late winter. | Vibernum (cranberry bush, nannyberry, black haw): prune in late winter only, as necessary. |
