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Wait to prune plants damaged by winter freeze
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Q: Everything froze. When can I cut plants back? A: Not yet. Last year, the last freezes at my house were Feb. 19-22 (with the temperature getting down to 21 degrees on Feb. 20). If you cut now, warmer weather will cause plants to sprout and those new sprouts are very tender. If the plants are dead, then you can clean up. A good site on pruning is https://www.aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/earthkind/landscape/proper-pruning-techniques. However, my Chrome with Bing would not let me in. I had to go to Google and go in that way. It is a multi-page article with plenty of good information....