pruning time

Questionspruning time
fons jaspers Staff asked 15 years ago

Books etc. indicate a certain time for pruning trees and shrubs. ‘Directly after flowering’, ‘In early winter’, and the like. What bad things happen when I deviate from it? For instance, when I prune in spring: Only less flowers next year?, or when I prune my weeping willow now in stead of in wintertime? serious risk of fungus damage, or ….? Regards ,Fons