Lilacs should be pruned annually as part of your spring/summer garden maintenance checklist. If your lilac bush is overgrown, it can withstand more rigorous pruning for rejuvenation. Lilac growth is ...

Leafy vines grown for their foliage can be cut back practically any time during the growing season. The same goes for ...

Now that we are starting to lose leaves, the question always comes up: Is now a good time to prune? The answer is yes on some plants and no on other plants. But then there’s the greater question: Why ...

Pruning, an important aspect of landscape management, helps keep a landscape looking beautiful and maintains the health of plants, saving homeowners time and money. Generally speaking, winter is the ...

"Fuchsias fall into two main types: hardy fuchsias, which have been specifically bred to survive in cold temperatures and ...

An expert horticulturist highlights seven plants to prune in December. These are suitable for milder zones, but shouldn’t be ...

Pruning is an essential gardening task that must be done at the correct time to ensure plants remain healthy and perform at ...

As winter begins to transition into spring, many homeowners are starting to take a closer look at their landscaping. One of the most common seasonal tasks is pruning, which helps maintain healthy ...

Welcome to fall, where most of your gardening to-do list involves chopping back the flowers, shrubs, trees and other growing things in your yard. Pruning is such a big part of fall cleanup that it may ...

There’s an old saying in pruning: “Prune until it hurts, and then prune some more.” The advice helps overcome our fear of cutting away too many branches. Other pruning adages are less useful. “When in ...