What is 'pruning'?

What is 'pruning'?

Tracy DiSabato-Aust (Garden Designer and Author) gives expert video advice on: What is 'pruning'?; What variables are involved in pruning?; How much pruning does a plant need? and more...

Pruning is not normally associated with herbaceous plants, as we often think of woody plants that we're shearing or shaping them. A U-shrub, for example, or a boxwood. But really, we do a lot of pruning with herbaceous plants. And when we pinch a plant, when we cut it back before or after flowering, when we deadhead or dead-leaf, those are all pruning techniques.