The aptly named snowball viburnum is a showstopper when in full bloom, but if you're new to these ornamental shrubs, figuring out when to prune them can be intimidating. Tales of missed blooming ...

To prune properly, you need to understand how plants respond to pruning ... For example, if you’ve planted a sweet viburnum ...

Pruning helps to clear away the old and make room for new growth, but timing is everything. Here are the 7 plants to prune now March is here.

With the days getting warmer and spring now here, it's the last chance to complete certain gardening jobs, including pruning.

This is a moderately fast- to fast-growing shrub that generally puts out four to six inches of new growth after pruning. Another popular viburnum for hedges is Sandankwa viburnum (V. suspensum).

These tips will help you know when to grab the snips. We cover the different pruning times for old and new wood hydrangeas ...

Among those that need immediate pruning are winter-flowering ... blossoming for the coming year. Other shrubs such as Sarcococca, Holly, and Viburnum bodnantense also fall into this category.

since they offer some blooms when many other plants are dormant. If you have a winter-flowering viburnum, then this is a good candidate for March pruning as the flowers should have died off by now.