Correct lopsided growth by lightly pruning longer shoots and hard pruning weak stems. Shrubs such as forsythia and buddleja can soon accumulate masses of old, dead wood in the centre if they are ...

Pruning is a vital task to undertake in autumn ... Summer-flowering shrubs such as buddleia, fuchsia, and hydrangea paniculata should be pruned after they've finished blooming to maintain shape ...