Trees, Shrubs and Conifers: red twig dogwood pruning, 0 by mgarr

mgarr wrote:
I think they mean 1/3 of the stems to within 3" of the ground. This leaves 2/3 to grow and give you height and each year you cut 1/3 of the stems and by the third year they have all been pruned. Older stems tend to get a darker bark and lose their really nice bright colors. You can cut the whole shrub to within 3" of the ground if you don't want the height. You can see from the stems in the front that they have really good color.