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For major pruning, the best time is in early spring before the plant is ready to put out new growth, so it has the full growing season to fill out and for the new growth to mature. When pruning azaleas to reduce height, particularly older plants, it is best to do the pruning in stages, to minimize the shock to the shrublopping.clubted Reading Time: 2 mins.
May 05, The best time to trim azaleas is after the blossoms have faded, but before the new blossom buds have started. The next year’s blossoms typically start forming at the beginning of July, so you must prune an azalea bush before then. If you prune azaleas after the beginning of July, you may not get any flowers on the bush next shrublopping.clubted Reading Time: 2 mins.
Jun 14, The timing of pruning is important if you desire spring flowers. A good time to prune azaleas is after flowers have faded but before new flower buds have started to form. Next year’s flower buds typically begin forming at the beginning of July so go ahead and get them pruned now.
If you prune in the late summer or fall the plants will not produce the customary spring flush of flowers. Estimated Reading Time: 2 mins. The ideal time to give your azaleas a trim is within a three-week period after they finish blooming in spring. This gives the azaleas plenty of time to make flower buds (which appear as pale, fuzzy buds curled tight on the tips of branches) for next year.
If you wait until the late summer or fall to prune, you risk cutting off the flower buds and all you will get next year is a bush full of green shrublopping.clubted Reading Time: 2 mins.
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