Cut close to buds, but not into them, and always above. Early pruning helps establish a shapely shrub with vigorous, balanced growth. Most evergreen shrubs do not need thinning or formative pruning.

If it becomes overgrown, the shrub's branches become straggly and, like an unruly teenager, defy most attempts to be tamed. But pruning the forsythia isn't as cut and dry as you would think.

If you're not sure when a climber or wall shrub is best pruned ... so encourage this by pruning in late winter. When pruning healthy wood, make an angled cut using bypass secateurs.

The camellia is an evergreen shrub that ... t really need pruning unless they outgrow their space, so they are low-maintenance and easy to care for. You can plant a Camellia Japonica in a pot ...