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Nov 30, To shape your smoke bush plants into an informal hedge, the North Carolina State Extension recommends pruning the shrubs back hard every.

Smoke Tree – Pruning, Winter Care and Fertilizing. Smoke Tree. In general, this plant is a”specimen” type plant that will need some pruning. Pruning is very important to the overall look of the plant because it grows in a rather erratic pattern. Only prune in early spring before the plant leafs out. Crossing, badly formed or damaged branches should be removed back to a main branch. May 22, How do you trim a smoke bush tree?

Evaluate your smoke bush in late winter or early spring before new growth begins and select the strongest two to three Cut out all other trunks and shoots at the ground with loppers.

Prune away lower branches with loppers or hand pruners. Mar 26, We have had a smoke bush for over 20 years that grew into a smoke tree as can happen if pruned to make it that bushfalling.bar were suprised to see that you cut off all the branches of yours not leaving any to enable this tree of yours to bushfalling.bar least- that is what it looks like in your bushfalling.bar least two side shoots on each branch surely should have been bushfalling.bar would stop it from “die back”as Estimated Reading Time: 5 mins.

Cut all of the limbs and stems of the smoke tree down to about 2 1/2 inches above the ground in February or March. 2 Repeat this cutting once a year for a smoke tree with abundant colorful foliage. Sep 09, The compact variety can grow to 12 tall or taller, but at the same time I’ve kept mine in my landscape trimmed to about 42″ for years. Burning Bush only puts out one really hard push of new growth each year in the spring.

So if you trim your Burning Bush after that happens it will pretty much stay at the size that you want it forever.