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Cut the dead or diseased stalk back to the base of the plant. Cut damaged stalks below the damaged part to leave the foliage to feed the plant. Prune the stalks back to the base of the plant in late fall when the lilies have stopped blooming and the foliage is dying off. Pruning shears.
Remaining stems can then be shortened to shape. Shrubs that should be pruned this spring soon after flowering include lilac, deutzia, kerria, mockorange, weigela, forsythia, viburnum, St. johnswort and redtwig and yellowtwig dogwood. Shrubs that bloom after June 15 can be pruned in early spring. Summer and fall flowering shrubs bloom on new wood or stems that were produced in the same season as flowering. Many of these shrubs can be pruned by the scary rejuvenation method. Rejuvenation is the complete cutting of all stems down to 4 to 6 inch stubs generally done in February and March.