Pruning is often used to solve a variety of design problems. Basically, pruning controls a plant’s size in the landscape. But, if you find that pruning is needed every season to keep a plant within ...

LET’S REVIEW A perfect and a little-known method which is totally appropriate now in the month of October. I have numerous times explained, and rightly so, how pruning at the wrong time of year can ...

Now is the time for some winter pruning on ornamental shrubs and trees. From December to late March is the perfect time to prune most (but not all) of your trees and shrubs. There are several reasons ...

As temperatures cool down, the garden seems to come alive again, especially with the recent rains. Dahlias, zinnias, and ...

The mindset of many gardeners turns to tidying up their space in the fall. While pruning and cutting back can make a difference, there are some plants I advise not trimming this month, as they are ...

There's still some time left to wrap up winter gardening chores before spring -- cleaning up, renewal pruning, composting and some mulching should be done before the sap starts flowing. The most ...

I didn’t get around to trimming my overgrown shrubs last fall. Should I prune them now or should I wait until later? I plan to use my new power clippers. The normal growth cycle for spring flowering ...

New growth will fill in, creating a fresh, attractive planting. Evergreen shrubs, such as holly, yaupon, juniper, yew and Indian hawthorne may be lightly pruned and shaped now, if they have grown out ...

As the days get longer, our attention turns to spring chores. One of those is pruning. Late winter is an excellent time to prune many landscape plants, but not all. Late winter is ideal because ...

Pruning Philadelphus and Weigela is easiest using a long-handled lopper. Start by cutting back stems that have finished flowering; on established specimens you can remove up to a third of older stems, ...

December is a good time to take care of needed pruning in the landscape and a great time for making use of the branches and other elements you prune. As we move into winter, the trees and shrubs in ...