Whichever option you choose, pruning regularly will renew the entire dogwood.

Jun 27, Every year, in late winter, you'll want to remove about a third of the old, most faded stems from your Dogwood shrub, cutting them back to the ground.

Also cut out any damaged or dead stems. This method will encourage more new, brightly colored stems to emerge when the plant emerges from dormancy in spring. If you want to control the height of the shrub, the stems you left alone can be.

After the dogwood shrub has finished blooming in the spring, you can “shape” the plant by cutting back wild stems and evening up the foliage. This can be done until July. After July and into the fall you shouldn’t prune the shrub because it will encourage new growth which will Estimated Reading Time: 6 mins. Apr 01, bushdig.bar back all thick woody growth back to the ground.

These are the thicker more established stems. Usually, they will only have growth near the top. So let’s cut them back to 3- Reviews: 2. Dec 02, Cutting Dogwood Bushes to the Ground Red twig dogwood pruning can be more aggressive every now and then. Cut all branches to the ground. Feb 23, The new shoots that sprout from the ground will have a brighter red color in winter.

You could also prune them down to the ground annually so they put on all new growth and stay more compact.

Depending on their location, red twig dogwoods can grow to be 10 feet tall and 10 feet bushdig.barted Reading Time: 1 min.