Avoid these pruning mistakes! Alan's top pruning advice

There are many benefits to regularly pruning certain trees and shrubs, from increasing vigour to encouraging flowers and boosting fruit production. Pruning can also help with warding off disease. But different trees and shrubs require different pruning techniques and it can be daunting trying to get it right, especially when it's your first time pruning.
Make sure you're pruning correctly, by watching this BBC Gardeners' World Magazine video with Alan Titchmarsh. Alan warns of some of the biggest mistakes that gardeners make when pruning and explains how to avoid these common pruning errors.
For more pruning advice, visit the BBC Gardeners' World Magazine website: www.gardenersworld.com/how-to...
00:00 - Common pruning mistakes to avoid
00:09 - Don't leave a snag
00:31 - Don't leave dead wood
01:03 - Pruning flowering shrubs too hard
01:32 - Pruning at the wrong time of year
02:00 - Not pruning climbings plants
02:28 - Trimming evergreen hedges at the wrong time