The Pineapple Broom is a shrub that produces large yellow flowers in the summer that smell like pineapple.Pruning a Cytisus battandieri will help maintain it's shape and will encourage new and healthy flowers to bloom.If you want to successfully Prune a Cytisus battandieri, you have to remove dead or disruptive shoots from the shrub.If the shrub is trained against a wall, you want to change the way it is trimmed.You can help the Cytisus battandieri by cutting back the shrub with shears.
Step 1: Wait until the shrub is done flowering to fertilize it.
During the summer, Cytisus battandieri flowers are abundant.After all the blooms have faded, aim to trim the shrub.Pruning a Cytisus battandieri before it's flowered could cause it to not flower properly.
Step 2: Pruning shears are used to remove shoots from a shrub.
Make sure the shears are sharp.If there is anything out of place on the shoots, inspect them carefully.If you find a growth on one of the shoots, you can cut it off with shears.Don't cut down by the roots at the base of the shoot.The shoot is at the base of the shrub.Cut the branches above the buds at the base of the shoot.Cytisus battandieri is affected by honey fungus.There are gold and brown mushroom caps on the shrub.
Step 3: Cut off any dead or damaged shoots.
Dead shoots will look brown and dry.Pruning shears are used to cut them off at the base of the shoot.
Step 4: If you want to shape the shrub, remove the crossing shoots.
If the shoots are longer than the rest, you can use the shears to cut them back.Pruning can be used to encourage the shrub to grow into a shape you want.Cytisus battandieri can be shaped to be either full or rounder.
Step 5: A fresh layer of mulch is added to the base of the shrub after it has been shorn.
Water the soil around the shrub until it is wet, then spread a layer of mulch that is 2 inches to 3 inches thick.An organic mulch can be used like wood chippings or compost.The mulches add to the soil.At your local gardening center, you can find organic mulch.
Step 6: Prune a Cytisus battandieri after it has flowered.
Pruning before flowering can result in the shrub not flowering at all.When Cytisus battandieri flowers are in full bloom, it's a good idea to wait until around mid-summer before you cut one.
Step 7: To fill gaps in front of the wall, Tie in some new growth on the shrub.
If you take advantage of new shoots, you can improve the appearance of the shrub against the wall.Pull in some of the new shoots and use garden twine to tie them to whatever the shrub is trained to the wall on.The shoot could be damaged if you tie the new growth too tightly.The shoots of the shrub should fan out as they get higher up.
Step 8: Pruning shears can be used to cut back shoots that are too long.
The shrub's even, shaped appearance can be disrupted by long shoots.They should be cut back to match the other shoots.Don't cut into the bud itself when cutting back the shoots.
Step 9: Remove the dead shoots from the shrub.
This includes shoots that have been dried out or broken.Cut them off at the base with the shears.
Step 10: Shoots that are growing towards the wall should be cut off.
There is a gap between the shrub and the wall to check for new shoots.The wall-facing shoots can be clipped with the pruning shears.
Step 11: There is a layer of mulch at the base of the shrub.
Wait until the soil is wet before watering the shrub.The layer of mulch should be between 2 inches and 3 inches thick.Adding wood chippings, compost, or another type of organic mulch to the soil will give it more strength.