Cytisus battandieri, also known as Pineapple Broom, is a shrub that produces large yellow flowers in the summer that smell like pineapple.Pruning a Cytisus battandieri will help maintain its shape and encourage new and healthy flowers to bloom.Pruning a Cytisus battandieri involves removing dead or disruptive shoots from the shrub.If the shrub is trained against a wall, you will want to change the way it is trimmed.You can help the Cytisus battandieri by cutting back the shrub with sharp 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: Prune the shoots from the 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 by the roots at the base of the shoot.The shoot branches off from the base of the shrub.The base of the shoot should always be cut above any new buds.Cytisus battandieri is affected by honey fungus.There are gold and brown mushroom caps on the shrub.
Step 3: Cut off any shoots that are dead or damaged.
Dead shoots will look brown.Use the shears to cut them off at the base of the shoot.
Step 4: To shape the shrub, remove the unruly 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 are often shaped to be rounders.
Step 5: A layer of mulch is added to the base of the shrub.
Water the soil around the shrub and then spread a layer of mulch that is 2 inches to 3 inches thick.An organic mulch is similar to wood chippings or compost.Benefits to the soil are added by organic mulches.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 a 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: There are gaps in front of the wall that need to be filled.
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 have grown 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: Dead or damaged shoots should be removed 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.Cut the shoots with the shears.
Step 11: There is a layer of mulch at the base of the shrub.
Water the shrub until the soil is wet.The layer of mulch should be at least 2 inches (5 cm) thick.Adding wood chippings, compost, or another type of organic mulch to the soil will give it more strength.