Boxwoods are hardy evergreen shrubs that are valuable for forming borders for driveways and walkways for formal and contemporary homes. Learn when to trim boxwoods and how best to do it for a neat, ...

One of the great things about junipers—along with the fact they’re usually ignored by deer—is how self-sufficient they are. Junipers practically set the gold standard for “plant ‘em and forget ‘em” ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Boxwood Q • I wasn’t able to prune my boxwoods, yews and burning bushes this summer, and they’ve gotten too big. Is it too late ...

Pruning can still be done. Contrary to popular belief, pruning can be done year-round. Light, judicious pruning in the fall does not kill plants and is often needed to control straggly and overgrown ...

Pruning is defined as the manual removal of branches to alter a plant’s health and form. It's a term most often used when discussing the care of trees and woody shrubs. Since most home gardens include ...

While we can all hope we have seen the last of winter weather, that is probably wishful thinking. We've had way more snow than we normally do in Central Arkansas along with some pretty frigid weather.

Severe pruning — a.k.a. “coat racking” — is never good for ficus and other evergreen trees, but pruning during high heat is even worse. Evergreen trees like the ficus that were heavily pruned outside ...

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 ...