Take care of your outdoor rooms before Mama Spring gets home.
What is winter good for, other than snowball fights, sipping hot chocolate near a fireplace, and going on vacation? Well, among other things, there's hardly a better time to prune your flowering and beautiful ornamental trees.
Why is that?
Most of your outdoor plants are dormant until the ground warms above 50 degrees. They're efficiently using the energy they stored up last year to make it through the winter. But as soon as the ground starts warming they'll push their energy into the branches. This wakes up the energy storage and reproduction factories (aka leaves and flowers).
A good winter pruning will help your plants focus all of their spring energy into viable branches, flowers, and fruit. You'll get a vibrant explosion of color, vigor, and scents throughout the rest of the year. A good pruning makes your trees healthier and produces more, not less, flowers over time.
