{"id":12484,"date":"2016-07-07T13:30:24","date_gmt":"2016-07-07T18:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.farmandfleet.com\/blog\/?p=12484"},"modified":"2024-01-25T16:18:17","modified_gmt":"2024-01-25T22:18:17","slug":"how-to-prune-a-shrub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.farmandfleet.com\/blog\/how-to-prune-a-shrub\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Prune a Shrub"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Learn how to prune a shrub with the help of Blain&#8217;s Farm &amp; Fleet.<\/h2>\n<p>Pruning shrubs will help them grow and blossom fuller. Learn how to prune a shrub and get your lawn looking its best with the help from Blain&#8217;s Farm &amp; Fleet. Before you begin pruning shrubs, you can also read through our article about pruning trees and shrubs to learn about the benefits of routine shrub care and maintenance.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">How to Prune a Shrub:<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong>1.<\/strong> Before you start pruning your shrubs, make sure you are dressed appropriately by wearing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.farmandfleet.com\/s\/?keyword=garden%20gloves\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">safety or gardening gloves<\/a> and long sleeves to protect yourself from scraping branches.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2.<\/strong> If you are pruning a young shrub, you will want to make it grow fuller. Using a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.farmandfleet.com\/s\/?keyword=hand+pruner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">hand pruner<\/a>, trim branches about \u00bc inch above the healthy bud at a slight 45 degree angle. This kind of cut will help the branches grow. Remove any damaged or diseased branches.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3.<\/strong> If you are pruning an older shrub, you will want to thin out old and damaged branches, and remove any dead branches. However, you don\u2019t want to take off more than 4 inches at a time&#8211; you can always come back later and trim more. Take a few steps back to ensure the bush looks good from afar.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4.<\/strong> If you are dealing with an especially neglected shrub, hard pruning is the answer. In the shrub\u2019s dormant season, use a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.farmandfleet.com\/s\/?keyword=pruning+saw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pruning saw<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.farmandfleet.com\/s\/?categorynew=4|Lawn%20and%20Garden%2FLawn%20and%20Garden%20Tools%20and%20Equipment%2FPruning%20Tools%2FLopping%20Shears\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">lopping shears<\/a>\u00a0to cut the shrub\u2019s stems to within an inch from the ground. The shrub will start to grow from this base in the spring.<\/p>\n<p>Pruning your shrubs will help thin out old branches and promote shrub growth. Visit our Lawn Care blog to learn <a href=\"https:\/\/www.farmandfleet.com\/blog\/how-to-prune-a-tree\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">how to prune a tree<\/a> and find other tips on caring for your lawn and plants.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pruning shrubs helps thin out old and damaged branches, promoting better shrub health. Learn how to prune bushes and shrubs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":12487,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1379],"tags":[1489,1491,1493],"content_type":[1371,1373],"class_list":["post-12484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lawn-garden","tag-gardening","tag-outdoor-maintenance","tag-trees","content_type-how-to","content_type-article"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How to Prune a Shrub | Blain&#039;s Farm &amp; Fleet<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Pruning shrubs helps thin out old and damaged branches, promoting better shrub health. Learn how to prune bushes and shrubs.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.farmandfleet.com\/blog\/how-to-prune-a-shrub\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How to Prune a Shrub | Blain&#039;s Farm &amp; Fleet\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Pruning shrubs helps thin out old and damaged branches, promoting better shrub health. Learn how to prune bushes and shrubs.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.farmandfleet.com\/blog\/how-to-prune-a-shrub\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Blain&#039;s Farm &amp; Fleet\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BlainsFarmandFleet\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-07-07T18:30:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-01-25T22:18:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.farmandfleet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/How-To-Prune-Shrubs.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"849\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"565\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Blain&#039;s Farm &amp; Fleet\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@farmandfleet\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@farmandfleet\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Blain&#039;s Farm &amp; Fleet\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"How to Prune a Shrub | Blain&#039;s Farm &amp; Fleet","description":"Pruning shrubs helps thin out old and damaged branches, promoting better shrub health. Learn how to prune bushes and shrubs.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.farmandfleet.com\/blog\/how-to-prune-a-shrub\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"How to Prune a Shrub | Blain&#039;s Farm &amp; Fleet","og_description":"Pruning shrubs helps thin out old and damaged branches, promoting better shrub health. Learn how to prune bushes and shrubs.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.farmandfleet.com\/blog\/how-to-prune-a-shrub\/","og_site_name":"Blain&#039;s Farm &amp; Fleet","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BlainsFarmandFleet","article_published_time":"2016-07-07T18:30:24+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-01-25T22:18:17+00:00","og_image":[{"width":849,"height":565,"url":"https:\/\/www.farmandfleet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/How-To-Prune-Shrubs.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Blain's Farm &amp; Fleet","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@farmandfleet","twitter_site":"@farmandfleet","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Blain's Farm &amp; Fleet","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.farmandfleet.com\/blog\/how-to-prune-a-shrub\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.farmandfleet.com\/blog\/how-to-prune-a-shrub\/"},"author":{"name":"Blain's Farm &amp; Fleet","@id":"https:\/\/www.farmandfleet.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/fa149777027fd858662da7de11077abb"},"headline":"How to Prune a Shrub","datePublished":"2016-07-07T18:30:24+00:00","dateModified":"2024-01-25T22:18:17+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.farmandfleet.com\/blog\/how-to-prune-a-shrub\/"},"wordCount":304,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.farmandfleet.com\/blog\/how-to-prune-a-shrub\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.farmandfleet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/How-To-Prune-Shrubs.jpg","keywords":["Gardening","Outdoor Maintenance","Trees"],"articleSection":["Lawn &amp; Garden"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.farmandfleet.com\/blog\/how-to-prune-a-shrub\/","url":"https:\/\/www.farmandfleet.com\/blog\/how-to-prune-a-shrub\/","name":"How to Prune a Shrub | Blain&#039;s Farm &amp; Fleet","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.farmandfleet.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.farmandfleet.com\/blog\/how-to-prune-a-shrub\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.farmandfleet.com\/blog\/how-to-prune-a-shrub\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.farmandfleet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/How-To-Prune-Shrubs.jpg","datePublished":"2016-07-07T18:30:24+00:00","dateModified":"2024-01-25T22:18:17+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.farmandfleet.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/fa149777027fd858662da7de11077abb"},"description":"Pruning shrubs helps thin out old and damaged branches, promoting better shrub health. Learn how to prune bushes and shrubs.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.farmandfleet.com\/blog\/how-to-prune-a-shrub\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.farmandfleet.com\/blog\/how-to-prune-a-shrub\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.farmandfleet.com\/blog\/how-to-prune-a-shrub\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.farmandfleet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/How-To-Prune-Shrubs.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.farmandfleet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/How-To-Prune-Shrubs.jpg","width":849,"height":565,"caption":"Pruning shrubs helps thin out old and damaged branches, promoting better shrub health. Learn how to prune a shrub with the help of Blain's Farm & Fleet."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.farmandfleet.com\/blog\/how-to-prune-a-shrub\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.farmandfleet.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"How to Prune a Shrub"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.farmandfleet.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.farmandfleet.com\/blog\/","name":"Blain&#039;s Farm &amp; Fleet","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.farmandfleet.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.farmandfleet.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/fa149777027fd858662da7de11077abb","name":"Blain's Farm &amp; Fleet","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/561cc924db7f2cfa20402217b4628608bd9343c6b1059ef55cfebb8d49ef5350?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/561cc924db7f2cfa20402217b4628608bd9343c6b1059ef55cfebb8d49ef5350?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/561cc924db7f2cfa20402217b4628608bd9343c6b1059ef55cfebb8d49ef5350?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Blain's Farm &amp; Fleet"},"url":"https:\/\/www.farmandfleet.com\/blog\/author\/blains\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.farmandfleet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.farmandfleet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.farmandfleet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.farmandfleet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.farmandfleet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12484"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.farmandfleet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12484\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35961,"href":"https:\/\/www.farmandfleet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12484\/revisions\/35961"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.farmandfleet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.farmandfleet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.farmandfleet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.farmandfleet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12484"},{"taxonomy":"content_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.farmandfleet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content_type?post=12484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}