Well....at least I found it interesting.

Dave

So did I ! Thanks for posting! T.

You know, that was interesting. Good information on the growth habits of the various species. Explains why, not just saying do/don't.

I'm clicking around the web site right now.

Timing of pruning is of course when the plants are actively growing or the next few weeks or three or so weeks after bud-expansion... as per, this article. Therefore, I see a problem because many people have correctly geared their mind that pruning in late fall or during winter, especially on a sunny/nice day i.e. during late winter. That's going to compromise the plants, as the article mentions 'killing entire shoots or the entire plant itself - possibly from stress/removal of too many buds or branches, at once etc- etc-.

Since I prune only in the winter I have to use caution to not obey these rules set-forth... in this article. If I'm pruning a Picea/spruce for example, I have to prune above a few buds remaining on a branch or i.e., I've just killed that shoot...... (I'm pruning for scions - used to graft or more easily said, I'm pruning to collect 'cuttings' - although the proper word still remains, scions...

"primordial buds" don't re-occur/recur, at least not to my knowledge, unless the plants are pruned during "active growth (while the plants are growing foliage and/or growing roots or at a time of growing a second-flush of growth in the same one-season)" ...and... very importantly!!! at (a) time when it has not become to late during a growing-season when it becomes "too late" for a plant to set/establish new-buds for the following year. (again, timing is of extreme importance while pruning, "anything").

I know there's a common relation that we could all use as an example but all I can think about is, how Rhododendrons are pruned-correctly given the window of opportunity not to remove the flowering -buds for the next year, bloom. Unfortunately, this is a very poor example as is actually 100% backwards and also misleading in that Rhododendrons can make new buds on severely cut branches throughout the four-growing-season (at any time of the year, while-pruned)....... however I keep returning to that thought.

Regards,

Dax

I found it a very good read, and for certain I will save it for further reference. Lord knows I'll need it.

-Will