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Homes & Gardens
Drew Swainston

7 plants to prune in August to keep your yard neat, tidy, and flourishing

Pruning lavender in summer with pruning shears.

Your pruning shears and trimming tools will see a lot of action in August. There are flowers to deadhead, vegetables to harvest, and plants to prune this month.

Pruning keeps your plants neat and thriving and there are many different shrubs, trees, hedges, and perennials that will benefit from a bit of attention in August. Along with deadheading, pruning is the most important trimming task to add to any summer gardening checklist.

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