When pruning evergreens in winter, start by removing dead, diseased, broken, and crossing branches. Cut wayward sprouts and overgrown branches that you no longer want all the way back to the trunk.

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Late winter is not too early to start pruning evergreens in the South. In fact, winter is an ideal time to prune many evergreen trees and shrubs. Since spring has yet to arrive, you can reshape ...