Sophora secundiflora (Texas mountain laurel) is a wonderful evergreen shrub which breaks forth in February and March with showy purple blossoms whimsically smelling like grape bubblegum or perhaps ...

Pruning after a heavy rain might seem like a good time to tackle the task, but you can actually do a lot more damage to your ...

End of winter is the best time of year to prune shrubs that flower later in the growing season, i.e. from mid-June and after. The reason is that later-flowering shrubs bloom on “new wood.” This means ...

Question: A number of my landscape plants including roses and small shrubs were whipped by the winds, suffering limb damage, How much pruning should I do? Answer: Damaged limbs are ideal spots for ...

Now that the leaves are dropping from deciduous trees and shrubs, many gardeners are thinking about doing some pruning. Some people are afraid of pruning; others are entirely too gung ho! Bad pruning ...

Gardening is in full swing and if you’ve got questions, turn to Ask an Expert, an online question-and-answer tool from Oregon State University’s Extension Service. OSU Extension faculty and Master ...

Actually, there aren’t any shrubs that really require trimming. They get by without it in the wild, after all. As Alan Titchmarsh notes in “How to Garden: Flowering Shrubs,” “Many gardeners struggle ...

Bay leaf needs plenty of sun to flourish. When planting it outdoors, choose a location with sunlight and space to grow. These plants take up a lot of room, so don’t crowd them with other plants. Bay ...

Getting your herb garden ready for winter includes pruning and clearing out spent material. These are the herbs you need to ...