Some plants are already budding for spring, and don't need pruning. But these shrubs benefit from a light pruning in autumn.

Some shrubs are planted mainly for their bright winter bark: vivid streaks of red or yellow that defy gray weather and seem to spark against a background of snow. To keep that bright color, these ...

While pruning in fall is ideal for some plants, for others, it could cause damage, eliminate a winter food source, or prevent ...

It is just as important to know when not to prune as it is to know when you should prune your plants. Otherwise, pruning can cause more damage than the cutting is worth. Certain conditions and plant ...

Q: I'm planning to cut back my alpine currant hedge that was damaged in heavy snow from the previous two winters. Can I do the same with my two highbush cranberry shrubs that are overgrown and also ...

Q: Can I trim and shape my globe evergreen bushes and if so, can I do it this spring? They’ve been in place a number of years and do have dead branches inside. What would you suggest for trimming back ...

Recently, I wrote about selective pruning, an important maintenance practice used to remove broken, damaged and diseased branches from trees and shrubs. Selective pruning is used to improve their ...

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 ...

A hand picking a blueberry from a bush - Kativ/Getty Images Blueberries (Vaccinium spp.) are some of the most coveted fruit-bearing bushes you can have in a home garden. Not only are these bushes ...

Now that fall is here, we're in the time slot where the garden answer phone starts ringing off the hook. Many people believe that since God invented pruning shears, they need to be used to butcher ...

The rose revolution began in 1995. German rose breeder Noack Rosen introduced the first flower carpet roses to the market, groundcover "wonder roses" bred to produce up to 2,000 flowers per season and ...

Spring is a good time to prune most of the trees, shrubs, and evergreens in the yard. For most people, that means getting out the power shears (or chainsaw) and “whacking back the bushes” into balls ...