| I've got dial-up, too. Maybe I've got a newer, faster computer... but you've got the upcoming winter to study up on pruning techniques. And you'll have most of your weekend free because it's a little late in the season to start thinking about pruning the shrubs on your list - they don't have the time to harden off before cold weather sets in and you're quite apt to suffer more than normal dieback or the removal of next year's blooming growth. ninebark: The best time to prune is after it blooms, from mid-June to mid-August. And they can take a hard pruning. yews: yews can be pruned twice a season, once after each growth spurt usually late spring and again mid-summer. junipers: prune in March or April when the soft new growth appears. lilacs: immediately after flowering being careful not to go too far because next spring's flowering buds are produced in June and July, so avoid removing them ... If you don't care about sacrificing blooms, cut it back to whatever you want. If you want the blooms, best to simply deadhead the spent flower spikes and not go down beyond a couple of inches below the spent stalk. Holly - you can pretty well LIGHTLY prune holly any time of the year; okay to prune when they're dormant in the winter. Liriope: cut down to the ground in the SPRING before new growth emerges. Don't know about perennial geraniums. Knockout roses, I suspect like other rose types, should pretty much be left alone aside from doing any winter protection you might do and taking out only any dead or deceased canes. Any winter dieback could be pruned out in the SPRING. | 
