Please don't: Ten plants that can die if you cut them back in winter
Created: 01/14/2023, 09:00
By: Ines Alms
A pruning in winter is a risky thing: not every plant likes it and will fail the next flowering or, in the worst case, die.
1 / 10Here all hobby gardeners agree: It is taboo to cut roses in winter.
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2 / 10Nut trees such as the walnut tree should be pruned from spring to June after the leaves have sprout, otherwise it will "bleed" a lot.
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3 / 10It's better not to take chances: Some summer lilacs punish winter pruning by not flowering © CHROMORANGE/Imago
4 / 10Ornamental grasses such as feather bristlegrass not only offer protection to beneficial insects in winter, they are also better protected from frost if they are not pruned.
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5 / 10Both holy herb and lavender are not cut back in winter.
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6 / 10Stone fruits such as plums can freeze to death on the fresh cuts.
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7 / 10Most perennials, such as coneflowers, should be left to their own devices in winter.
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8 / 10Unlike autumn raspberries, summer raspberries should not be pruned in winter.
Otherwise that's it with the harvest.
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9 / 10Most types of hydrangea, such as the farmer's hydrangea, produce their flowers for the following year as early as winter.
If you make the wrong cut here, you will get nothing in the summer.
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10 / 10Like many early bloomers, the forsythia is only cut back in spring after it has bloomed.
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Some garden plants and shrubs should have a tag hung around the branch that reads "Don't touch me."
At least in winter.
There are some, such as apple trees, for which January and February are good times to prune.
But not every fruit tree tolerates this.
Many other plants are also better left alone in winter.
On the one hand, so that insects can also find shelter in the cold season.
On the other hand, because they can quickly freeze to death over the freshly cut surfaces in the next frost.
You can risk it, but you don't have to.
In this photo gallery you'll find a few specimens that are delicate or that simply don't make sense to prune.
