• Arm yourself with a rake, weed eater or heavy shears, a tool belt, apron with pockets, basket, or pail, filled with clippers, gardening scissors, gardening gloves, old cloths, trash bags and, if available, a small garden saw.
• Begin on one side of your property or garden and work across the yard and then clockwise around your house and other out buildings beginning with the front/main entrance. The point is to be able to go over all areas of your landscape so that you don't miss plants.
• Tackle first the larger growing plants such as trees and shrubs. Cut or saw out all branches that are dead, broken, touching or crossing. If necessary, trim for shape.
• Move onto smaller growing plants, such as ornamental grasses (cutting to the ground with either the weed eater or heavy shears), herbs, perennials, ground covers, etc.
• Pull out all annuals planted last year.
• Once all plants have been pruned, shaped and otherwise cleaned up in an area, rake the clippings, leaves and trash into the trash bags and move onto the next area.

• Lilac Double Blue Scentara
• Abelia Sweet Emotion
• Spiraea Double Play Doozie
• Lilac Pura Scentara
• Viburnum Spice Baby
• Spiraea Big Bang