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What about Taxus shrubs? When is the best time to prune these?

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I have some serious pruning to do on one older one and another that is only two years old, and is a Hicksii. I want the Hicksii as a screen and not sure if I should just let it grow naturally or should I prune it for it to grow in denser. The best time to rejuvenate large, overgrown shrubs is late winter or early spring (March or early April).

Heavy pruning in late winter or early spring will reduce or eliminate the flower display for 2 or 3 years. However, rejuvenation pruning will restore the health of the shrubs. You can prune healthy yews (Taxus spp.) back quite severely with no problem.

You can easily reduce their size by one-half to three-quarters.

Such severe pruning is best done in early spring so they have spring and summer to recover. They will respond by throwing up a lot of new treeclear.barted Reading Time: 3 mins.