A pruner cleaning machine scrubs gummy sap and foreign matter from pruner blades inserted into its cleaning chamber. The machine includes a motor turning a drive shaft having scrubbers coupled thereon. The scrubbers have scrubbing surfaces facing each other and a scrubber barrel resides between the scrubbers.The motor is electronically controlled to provide adjustable regimens of duty cycles of scrubbing in forward and reverse directions and various speeds, and status lights may indicate power available, selected options, and in-process phases and completion of a cleaning regimen.