{"id":4447,"date":"2022-01-05T12:52:51","date_gmt":"2022-01-05T11:52:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gardensillustrated.com\/?p=25356"},"modified":"2022-01-05T13:26:09","modified_gmt":"2022-01-05T12:26:09","slug":"january-gardening-jobs-time-to-prune-and-cut-for-function-and-form","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/gardensillustrated\/rss_feed\/january-gardening-jobs-time-to-prune-and-cut-for-function-and-form\/","title":{"rendered":"January gardening jobs: time to prune and cut for function and form"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Rosie Fyles\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Wednesday, 05 January 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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One of the first jobs for January at Ham House Garden is winter pruning the wisteria<\/a>. It\u2019s challenging (high up), often bitterly cold (we must be cleared up before 10am garden opening) but incredibly satisfying. Cutting back to 2-3 buds of lateral growth while noticing the developing flower buds is a step towards spring and we move closer to one of the year\u2019s flowering highlights.<\/p>\n

Pruning<\/h2>\n

Roses<\/h3>\n

There are other pruning jobs to get on with, not least our kitchen garden roses. They work hard throughout the summer, their flowers picked for house display and sale and their growth gets some damage from avian and human visitors. One thing we increasingly notice is that it isn\u2019t always possible to prune roses when entirely dormant.<\/p>\n

Watch my video guide to pruning roses here<\/h3>\n