Shrubs to be Pruned Before Blooming
Shrubs that form flowers on wood grown the same season should be pruned when the plant is dormant. These shrubs should be pruned before buds show green.
| Abelia x grandiflora | Cytisus nigricans (broom) | Lespedeza (bush clover) |
| Abelia schumannii | Biervilla sessilifolia (bush honeysuckle) | Ligustrum (privet) |
| Acanthopanax (five leaved araha) | Euonymous kiautschovica (spreading euonymous) | Lilac japonica (tree lilac) |
| Althea, shrubbery (Rose of Sharon) | Fatsia Japonica (Japanese fatsia) | Lonicera (berried honeysuckle) |
| Amorpha (indigo bush) | Franklinia alatamaha (Franklin tree) | Lycium (matrimony vine) |
| Aralia elata (Japanese angelica) | Garrya (silk-tassel) | Rhamnus frangula (alder, buckthorn) |
| Artemisia (sagebrush, southerwood, wormwood) | Hammamelis virginiana (witch hazel) | Rhus (sumac, smoke tree) |
| Baccharis (groundsel shrub) | Hibiscus | Roses (garden bush varieties) |
| Berbeis (barberry) | Holodiscus discolor (ocean-spray) | Rubus odoratus (flowering raspberry) |
| Buddleia (butterfly bush, except for B.alternifolia) | Hydrangea arborescenes 'Grandiflora' | Salix (willow) |
| Callicarpa (beautyberry) | Hydrangea paniculata 'Grandiflora' | Salvia gregii (autumn sage) |
| Caryopteris (bluebeard) | Hypericum (St. John's Wort) | Sambucus canadensis (American spirea) |
| Ceanothus | Indigofera (indigo) | Spirea (all summer-blooming spirea) |
| Cephalanthus (buttonbush) | Kerria | Vibernum (berry-bearing) |
| Clethra (sweet pepper bush) | Lagerstroemia (crepe myrtle) | Vitex (chaste tree) |