Expert Q&A for How to Prune Heather

To prepare lavender for winter, you should cut the plant back to 2/3 and even to bare wood if needed.

Hebe should be cut back immediately after flowering. If major trimming needs to be done, do it in later winter or early spring.

You can trim lavender bushes with gardening scissors and they should be trimmed when there is evidence of disease or decay as well as for aesthetic reasons.

This is the pruning group reserved for early blooming evergreen shrubs, like azalea and camellia.