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Maintenance Pruning for Azaleas

1. Sterilize Your Tools

   Sterilize the pruners/loppers with isopropyl alcohol before and during use to reduce the risk of pathogens entering the plant through the pruning cuts.

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6. Remove Unhealthy Branches

   Identify and remove branches that are dead, damaged, or diseased. Make your cuts close to the branch collar to remove the branches entirely.

7. Remove Crossed Branches

   Crossed branches can rub against each other and get damaged so they also should be removed.

   Select the most desirable of the branches and remove the other.
   

8. Prune to Shape

   Remove any branches shooting out of the top of the plant to maintain the shrub's compact shape.

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   Cut them 1/2 to 3/4 inches above a healthy, outward-facing bud. This way, the branch will grow away from the center, keeping the center open.

Rejuvenation Pruning

Rejuvenation pruning is a drastic type of pruning done to revitalize a shrub that is overgrown or doesn't flower as it used to.

It channels the plant's energy into producing new, stronge

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