How to prune apple trees 🍎 Winter pruning is easy, and is the first step to a productive, healthy fruit tree! Here are Hannah's top tips. ✂️ Where should you prune? Look for the 3 D's: dead, diseased or dying branches, and start snipping. 🤔 How should you prune? You want to aim to create a goblet shape for your tree, so always prune to an outward-facing bud - encouraging your tree to expand. ⭐️ Remember, always prune at a 45-degree angle! #gardening #growyourown #gardeningtips #gardenadvice |

Don't be intimidated to prune your fruit trees! It's key to their long-term success - and with this step-by-step video, you'll feel confident enough to prune your own apple tree. ~ Key Tips ~ 🍏 Prune off damaged limbs & Limbs growing inward or too vertically 🍏 Next, determine the Central Leader and head back or cut the branches 🍏 Lastly, apply limb spreaders where necessary Watch until the end for all of Terry's helpful advice! ✍️ | Stark Bro's Nurseries

Not sure how to prune your spring flowering shrubs? Here’s Alan’s advice for pruning to encourage blooms, not a forest of foliage 🌸 The shrubs mentioned by Alan are Deutzia, Philadelphus and Weigela. For more pruning advice from the experts, and a checklist of common mistakes to avoid, cilck here: http://spr.ly/6188R8Gq8 | BBC Gardeners' World Magazine