Stewart Robert Hinsley writes
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Stewart Robert Hinsley writes
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Muddymike writes
I have a lot of shrubs in the garden that I don't know the names of or, more
importantly when to prune them. Some are getting a little too big and will
need pruning this year but I don't want to ruin them by pruning at the wrong
time.

As a general rule, in the absence of any better information, prune
after flowering. If it flowers in autumn, then leave the pruning to
early spring.


3. Ribes uva-crispa (Gooseberry)
... Unless the yellow bits in the picture are flowers, in which case
it's Ribes odorata. Has a tendency for a few branches to die back in
the summer, so don't prune too enthusiastically.

It looks like the unshowy flowers that you get with Ribes uva-crispa or
Ribes nigrum. Ribes odoratum (and Ribes aureum), apart from having
showy yellow flowers, are thornless, and there seem to the
thorns/spines visible in the photograph.

And having looked at mine, the leaves are shiny and more deeply lobed
than gooseberry, so you're probably right.


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Kay