Pruning Native Plants & Trees

Spice Bush

• Scientific Name

  (Calycanthus occidentalis)
• Prized for

  

  Photo: Plant master

  Lush foliage; red flowers; and seedpods.

• Blooms on

  New wood.

• When to Prune

  January.

• What to Prune

  One approach is to keep the plant full by tip pruning only. Alternatively, a plant can be trained as small, multi-trunk tree by using thinning and releadering cuts to select the strongest trunk members.