Best to use hedge clippers but only after the blossoms have expired.
Here is a website that may help
http://www.wikihow.com/Prune-Rose-Bushes
With Hydrangea hortensis the common mophead hydrangea leave the old flowers on until the Spring and then cut off down to the first pair of fat flower buds you come to.
Azaleas should only need to be trimmed because of space so this should be done after flowering.
with scissors, derr
When is a good time to cut back azalea bush? No matter what time of the year my husband trims back the azalea bush it does not produce large number of flowers.
You trim a barberry bush after it flowers.
Spray with a fungicide.
azalea
Do not trim a lilac bush in the spring because you will cut off all of the flower buds. Trim a lilac bush after it flowers.
First, buy some bee and wasp spray and spray the bush. Then trim the bush.
To trim a cork screw bush you would need a pair of regular pruning shears. It is best to trim the bush during the winter or early spring when the plant is still dormant.
Potentilla Fruticosa is a small flowering shrub.
How much bush, could a bush trimmer trim. If a bush trimmer could trim bush..? Hmm?
Trim in in the spring before the leaves come out.
To root an azalea, the branch should be cut just below a node. The cutting can be placed in sand and kept moist until it forms roots.
You can but it is not advisable.