Key Points Prune shrubs based on bloom time, cold tolerance, and variety—check what's best for each type.Cut back new wood ...

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 ...

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 ...

If you want your ornamental grass to grow back strong and healthy in spring, you're going to want to prune it during the fall ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Question: 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. Answer: The normal growth cycle for ...

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 ...

Several weeks ago, I wrote about how to prune ornamental grasses. This article covers a similar topic: how to care for two widely used and loved perennial plants that resemble oversized grasses. There ...

Pruning and trimming are both ways to grow healthier, more beautiful plants. But although these two strategies are similar—cutting away leaves, branches, or other plant parts—they should be used at ...

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, ...