Q: I have a 4-year-old pomegranate. It is growing as a six foot tall multistemmed shrub. It appears lush and healthy, but it has never had more than two or three flowers and never any fruit.

There is a good mix of plants to prune in May. It ranges from spring-flowering shrubs, which may need attention to stay in the best shape for next year’s blooming, to summer-flowering herbaceous ...

Where pomegranate pruning is concerned, there is really no reason for it except to remove old wood or stems that have stopped producing fruit. Generally, stems are productive for about five years.

Several other perennials could have made the list of plants to prune in May, as they are also suitable for the ‘Chelsea chop’. If you have yarrow, asters, rudbeckia, ...

Where pomegranate pruning is concerned, there is really no reason for it except to remove old wood or stems that have stopped producing fruit. ... If so, send it along to joshua@perfectplants.com.