In article , Dwayne wrote:
Fruit trees and roses must be dormant when you prune them. Some flowers
need to be pruned when they finish blooming in the late summer or early
fall. Not knowing what plants you are talking about makes it a little hard
to give you a good answer.

That's true, but I must dissent that fruit trees and roses must be
dormant. They SHOULD be, but most of them are pretty forgiving,
and you can certainly prune most roses after growth has started
and even fruit trees in summer, if you have to.

As far as buddleia is concerned, if it is davidii (the common one),
the worst that will happen is that its shoots will get frosted, it
will sulk for a week or so, and then put out new ones. You can harm
them by incorrect pruning, but you REALLY have to work at it!


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