Helena Jones

“For optimal results, wisteria should be pruned twice annually, once in August to tidy it up and again in winter to encourage plenty of short, flowering spurs.”

“Just cut back all the strong new growth to five buds and remove any spent flower stalks from this year.”

“According to Helena, you can trim back the flowered branches of summer-flowering cotoneaster now to half their length.”

“Remove a third of the oldest stems down to the ground, and then any weak, misplaced, dead, diseased or damaged growth.”

“August is an excellent time to prune lavender, cutting back faded flowers and removing 2cm to 3cm of foliage.”

“The lengthy, trailing stems can be shortened now to three or four leaves, according to the specialist.”