The dormant season is the best time of year to do this work, as healthy plants will respond with lots of new growth.

Are you one of the many gardeners who worry about pruning a plant and causing damage? Don’t be. Pruning can be easy if you know a little bit about what you are doing.

Late winter is not too early to start pruning most evergreens in the South, but you will regret pruning spring bloomers. Here's when and how to prune.

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Many shrubs benefit from pruning each year. We prune them to remove stray branches and suckers, keep the plants to a manageable size, and maintain an attractive shape. For some shrubs, pruning also ...

When to prune shrubs is one of those challenging questions with no single easy answer. Some experts recommend pruning in late winter or early spring, and, in most cases, this is an appropriate time ...

June is always a very busy month for a gardener. Whether it is planting, sowing, watering, feeding, or weeding, the to-do list quickly fills up. And, of course, you cannot overlook pruning. It is a ...

Make plans now to prune spring-flowering shrubs, such as forsythia, lilac, viburnum and flowering quince, after they finish blooming. “We don’t prune these shrubs in winter because we’d be cutting off ...

Gardeners across the state are ready to get outside and garden, and late February is an ideal time to do that. From pruning ...

All too often landscape shrubs become overgrown after many years of reflect. As a result they become ugly in form and need major pruning or replacement. This happened with six large privet shrubs at ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. View of Midwestern house in late afternoon in autumn with flowers and bushes in front Actually, there aren’t any shrubs that ...

According to gardening expert and presenter Monty Don, one straightforward rhyme can help avoid this common blunder. His guidance boils down to a memorable six-word mantra: "Flowers before June, do ...