1.0Indiana Yard and Garden - Purdue Consumer Horticulturehttps://www.purdue.edu/hla/sites/yardandgardenRosie Lernerhttps://www.purdue.edu/hla/sites/yardandgarden/author/rosie/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="aYIhXI7VFX"><a href="https://www.purdue.edu/hla/sites/yardandgarden/assess-pruning-needs/">Assess Pruning Needs</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.purdue.edu/hla/sites/yardandgarden/assess-pruning-needs/embed/#?secret=aYIhXI7VFX" width="600" height="338" title="“Assess Pruning Needs” — Indiana Yard and Garden - Purdue Consumer Horticulture" data-secret="aYIhXI7VFX" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.purdue.edu/hla/sites/yardandgarden/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> Now that other yard chores have slowed down, many gardeners turn to their landscape plants to assess their pruning needs. Dead limbs can and should be taken down whenever they are present. But cutting into live tissue should be delayed until late winter or early spring. That is the time of year when the pruning cuts will heal most rapidly. Pruning at the wrong time of year will not kill a tree or shrub outright,...Read more about [Read More]