1.0The Iowa Gardenerhttps://theiowagardener.com/wordpressTIGadminhttps://theiowagardener.com/wordpress/author/tigadmin/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="Rit5lIHH7m"><a href="https://theiowagardener.com/wordpress/how-to-prune-evergreens/">Essential Pruning Tips for Evergreens</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://theiowagardener.com/wordpress/how-to-prune-evergreens/embed/#?secret=Rit5lIHH7m" width="600" height="338" title="“Essential Pruning Tips for Evergreens” — The Iowa Gardener" data-secret="Rit5lIHH7m" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://theiowagardener.com/wordpress/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://theiowagardener.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/evergreen_photo.jpg849565With few exceptions, evergreens (conifers) require little pruning. Different types of evergreens should be pruned according to their varied growth habits. Sometimes you must prune evergreens to control their size. This is unfortunate since, ideally, the right evergreen would have been chosen for the right space, so that you wouldn’t have to do much, if […]