Pruning

Keep your garden plants in rude health with the help of our expert advice on pruning and training.

Rose 'Pippin'

How to prune roses

Gardeners trimming a hedge. Sarah Cuttle

Maintain the garden

How to trim a hedge

Garden shears - Tested and reviewed by the experts at BBC Gardeners' World Magazine

The best garden shears

What to prune in summer

Eight reasons to prune in summer

Eight reasons to prune in summer

How to look after roses in autumn

How to look after roses in autumn

How to prune a plum tree – cutting out crossing branches in the centre

How to prune a plum tree

Frances prunes chaenomeles

Frances Tophill's guide to June pruning. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

BBC Gardeners' World Magazine garden loppers review

The best garden loppers in 2024

Garden shredders - Tested and reviewed by the experts at BBC Gardeners' World Magazine

The best garden shredders in 2024

How to trim a conifer hedge

Maintain the garden

How to trim a conifer hedge

Frances tying in espalier peach, Prunus persica 'Avalon Pride'. Sarah Cuttle

Frances Tophill's guide to April pruning. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Dealing with overgrown plants

BBC Gardeners' World Magazine review secateurs

The best secateurs: bypass, anvil and ratchet in 2024

A fan trained fig tree. Getty Images

How to prune and train a fig tree

Pruning sambucus with Frances Tophill

Frances Tophill's guide to February pruning. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

How to prune spring-flowering shrubs

How to prune spring-flowering plants

How to cut back herbaceous perennials

Nick Bailey with dogwood (cornus)

Nick Bailey's guide to January pruning. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Frances Tophill prunes a grapevine in winter

Pruning in December with Frances Tophill. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Common pruning mistakes to avoid

Seven pruning mistakes to avoid

The best pruning saws BBC Gardeners World Magazine review

The best pruning saws to buy in 2023

Frances pruning rambling roses at West Dean Gardens

Pruning in November with Frances Tophill. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Mark Lane pruning catmint

Pruning in October with Mark Lane. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Deadheading roses

10 plants to deadhead

Frances takes prunings from early-flowering honeysuckle in September

Pruning in September with Frances Tophill. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Five ways to grow better roses

Five ways to grow better roses

Wood splitting axes review BBC Gardeners' World magazine

The best wood-splitting axes in 2023

Frances with pruned materials from wall-trained pear (West Dean Gardens)

Pruning in July with Frances Tophill. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Adam Frost walking with trimmings from pruning

Pruning in June with Adam Frost. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.