:-? We just signed up with Gardenstew! We need lots of help! We are moving into an older home with many flowering bushes.....one huge snowball bush in full bloom at this time. We need to prune or move it in order to expand our parking area. The bush is about 6 ft. tall and about 4 ft. in diameter. We have never seen one so big. Please give us advice about how to move the whole thing (share with anyone who wants it) or pruning in into a smaller size. We would appreciate any advice about a good gardening book. There are roses, lilac bushes, irises, tulips, holly bush, baby apple tree, shrubbery of different kinds. We need all the advice we can get! Hopefully I'll be able to print it and use it.
I found this information which should prove helpful to you. :-D "In general, spring flowering plants bloom from buds formed the previous season. Any serious pruning is done just after flowering, so the plant can set buds for the following year. Sometimes a little light trimming can be done during the dormant season. Most viburnums don't need much pruning. When they get overgrown and need thinning, the oldest trunks can be cut off at the ground, and the younger, more vigorous shoots left to grow on. Most are big shrubs. When they get too large, they sometimes need to be cut back, although this may destroy the graceful shape of the shrub. Occasionally, when shrubs get too tangled and overgrown, they can be renewed by being completely cut back to the ground in spring (after enjoying the flowers) and fertilizer is spread around them on the ground. Sometimes they take two or three years to bloom well again." Source: http://www.mothersgarden.net/content/Questions.html
