Quick Pruning Guide
- Sam
- Mar 16, 2024
- 2 min read
Updated: Jan 23
Plants to be cut back in spring | Scientific name | Plants to be untouched in the spring and pruned in the fall | Scientific name |
Artemisia (AKA Mugwort or Wormwood) | Artemesia vulgaris | Bearded Iris | Iris germanica |
Hybrid Asters (AKA Little Carlow) | Aster x frikartii and aster symphyotrichum | Bee Balm (AKA Wild Bergamot) | Monarda didyma |
Astilbe (AKA False Goatsbeard) | Astilbe | Blackberry Lily (AKA Leopard Lily) | Iris domestica |
Avens (AKA Geum) | Geum aleppicum | Blanket Flower | Gaillardia |
Basket of Gold (AKA Alyssum) | Aurinia saxatilis | Bronze Fennel | Foeniculum vulgare |
Black Eyed Susan | Rudbeckia hirta | Catmint | Nepeta |
Blue Star | Amsonia tabernaemonatana | Columbine (AKA Granny’s Bonnet) | Aquilegia |
Butterfly Bush | Buddleia davidii | Corydalis (AKA Fumewort) | Corydalis lutea |
Butterfly Weed (AKA Pleurisy Root) | Asclepias tuberlosa | Crocosia (AKA Coppertips) | Crocosmia |
Cardinal Flower | Lobelia cardinalis | Daylilies | Hemerocallis |
Coral Bells (AKA Alumroot) | Heuchera sanguinea | Golden Marguerite | Anthemis tinctoria |
Cushion Spurge | Euphorbia polychroma | Goldenstar | Chrysogonum virginianum |
Delphinium (AKA Larkspur) | Delphinium elatum | Ground Clematis | Chrysanthemoides monilifera |
Dianthus (AKA Carnations) | Dianthus | Hardy Begonia | Begonia grandis |
Foamflower | Tiarella cordifolia | Sunflower | Helianthus |
Foxglove | Digitalis purpurea | Hollyhock Mallow | Malva alcea |
Fringed Bleeding Hearts | Dicentra eximia | Japanese Anemone (AKA Splendens) | Anemone hupehensis |
Gas Plant (AKA Burning Bush) | Dictamnus albus | Leopard Plant (AKA Tractor Seat Plant) | Farfugium japonicum |
Gayfeather (AKA Blazing Star) | Liatris spicata | Masterwort | Astrantia major |
Globe Thistle | Echinops | Meadow Rue (AKA Poor Man's Rhubarb) | Thalictrum dioicum |
Heartleaf Bergenia (AKA Pigsqueak) | Bergenia crassifolia | Mountain Bluet | Centaurea montana |
Joe Pye Weed | Eupatorium maculatum | Painted Daisies | Tanacetum coccineum |
Lady’s Mantle | Alchemilla mollis | Penstemon | Penstemon barbatus |
Lambs Ear (AKA Woolly Hedgenettle) | Stachys byzantina | Peony | Paeonia |
Lavender | Lavendula | Phlox | Phlox paniculata |
Leadwort (AKA Plumbago) | Ceratostigma plumbaginoides | Plume Poppy | Macleaya cordata |
Lupines (AKA Bluebonnet) | Lupinus | Salvia | Salvia nemorosa |
Mums | Chrysanthemum | Siberian Bugloss | Brunnera macrophylla |
Purple Coneflower | Echinacea purpurea | Sneezeweed | Helenium autumnale |
Red Hot Poker Plant (AKA Torch Lily) | Knipfofia | Solomons Seal | Polygonatum odoratum |
Red Valerian (AKA Jupiters Beard) | Valeriana rubra | Spiked Speedwell | Veronica spicata |
Russian Sage | Salvia yangii | False Indigo | Baptisia australis |
Sea Lavender (AKA Marsh Rosemary) | Limonium | Yarrow | Achillea |
Tickseed | Coreopsis | ||
Turtlehead | Chelone lyonii | ||
Wandflower (AKA Bee Blossom) | Sporaxis tricolor |