{"id":759,"date":"2014-02-18T12:00:14","date_gmt":"2014-02-18T17:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=759"},"modified":"2013-02-17T21:25:03","modified_gmt":"2013-02-18T02:25:03","slug":"prune-to-rejuvenate-old-foundation-shrubs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2014\/02\/18\/prune-to-rejuvenate-old-foundation-shrubs\/","title":{"rendered":"Prune to Rejuvenate Old Foundation Shrubs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_4704\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Nandina-old-fashion1.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4704\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Nandina-old-fashion1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4704\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Nandina-old-fashion1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Nandina-old-fashion1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Nandina-old-fashion1.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4704\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Old fashion Nandina in Desperate Need of Pruning<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Eventually, old foundation shrubs around your home grow too tall and spindly and need to be started over. Rather than digging them up, most deciduous and a few broadleaf shrubs respond to rejuvenation pruning.\u00a0Sorry, evergreen conifers do not respond to this form of pruning.<\/p>\n<p>Get started with a sharp pair of pruning loppers or tree saw for the large cuts and hand pruners for smaller cuts. February and March are good times to rejuvenate old shrubs.<\/p>\n<p>Before\u00a0getting started with pruning, understand what you&#8217;re about to do. You\u00a0desire a\u00a0low, dense-growing multi-stemmed shrub. Pruning\u00a0reduces shrub size and redirects new growth from surface roots and above-ground shoots.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Remove\u00a0the\u00a0tallest and thickest woody shoots to the ground. Cutback\u00a0pencil-thick shoots to 12-18 inches from the ground. Remove all weak or dead stems flush to the ground.<\/p>\n<p>After pruning, feed the shrubs, applying 1-2 handfuls of 10-10-10 (or equivalent) granular fertilizer in a 1-2 feet wide circle around each shrub. Disperse no fertilizer closer than 6 inches from the shrub base. <\/p>\n<p>Rejuvenated shrubs should vigorously re-grow in the spring and summer months. Summer flowering shrubs likely will not bloom the first year after pruning.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Caveat<\/strong>: pruned shrubs must be in good health before attempting to rejuvenate them. If they have not re-grown by late May, a trip to the garden center to purchase new plants is in order.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eventually, old foundation shrubs around your home grow too tall and spindly and need to be started over. Rather than digging them up, most deciduous and a few broadleaf shrubs respond to rejuvenation pruning.\u00a0Sorry, evergreen conifers do not respond to this form of pruning. Get started with a sharp pair of pruning loppers or tree [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[444,800,665,774,997,601,630,706,7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/759"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=759"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/759\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4730,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/759\/revisions\/4730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}