Since Hypericum 'Hidcote' is a semi-evergreen shrub you don't have to cut it all the way back in the spring. Instead, try pruning back the flowering shoots, or any shoots that are out of place after it has finished flowering - in late summer or early autumn. You can also dead-head regularily.
Should you be situated in a cold climate, where your Hypericum is deciduous, treat it as pruning group 1, (pruning in late winter or early spring- removing any crossing or out-of-place shoots), or group 6 (prune back in early spring to the main framework.)
Replied: Monday 5th of May 2008 08:56 AM
