We bought a 40-year-old home with huge, neglected flowering bushes (20+ feet tall) providing privacy. How do I identify them and prune properly? Book recommendations?
Two excellent references: Rodale's Encyclopedia of Gardening and Burpee's Complete Gardener (organized by plant family with great illustrations). Large bookstores have extensive gardening sections with hundreds of specialized guides. These will help identify your shrubs and provide species-specific pruning advice. For particular plants, feel free to ask again.
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