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Mar 30, Spirea is an enthusiastic grower. Liberal pruning is always beneficial. Removal of dead branches keeps the plant looking tidy and attractive. You can even prune it down to ground level and it will bounce back. If you’ve got an older, mature spirea that looks a mess, all is not lost. Cut it back to feet above the soil line and let it bushfalling.clubted Reading Time: 5 mins. Oct 25, Fall is the time for the most severe pruning of spirea.
With sharp shears, cut each stem back to about 8 inches (20 cm.) from the ground. Don’t worry that the plant won’t bounce back.
In the spring, spirea will reward you’re courageous pruning with new stems and plenty of blossoms. Japanese spirea should be tip pruned in late winter or early spring prior to bud swell and before the shrub leafs Estimated Reading Time: 2 mins.
Mar 02, You should actually prune your spirea more than once a year, at least twice. Give it a good trim after it flowers in the spring by cutting back the tips of the stems to the top leaf bud. This removes the dead blossoms and also may trigger a second blooming and new leaf growth. You can also shape the shrub at this bushfalling.clubted Reading Time: 2 mins. Jun 23, A recently transplanted spire does not need to be almost pruned, you can make some slight cuts to give some shape to the bush.
Once the pruning is finished the task does not end there, you should give it some extra care so that the bush responds better.
Any dead, diseased or crossing branches should come out as well.
It will be enough to water it, fertilize and change the mulch. The Best Time to Prune Spirea Most of the varieties of spirea can be pruned after their blossoms. It is seldom to trim them during the spring season, but there are some that should be strictly pruned at that time only. The ones mentioned above are examples of this shrub that require pruning on or before the month of June ends.
