How to Prune Your Shrubs in Fall the Right Way—Without Hurting Next Year’s Growth

Is it safe to prune unruly shrubs in fall? Follow these tips for when and how you can prune to keep shrubs in top shape and ...
Southern Living on MSN

How To Prune Orchids To Encourage New Blooms

Orchids grow differently from other houseplants. Knowing how and when to prune them will give you healthier, happier plants ...
House Digest on MSN

Is There A Polite Way To Ask Neighbors To Trim The Unkempt, Overgrown Bushes In Their Yard?

If you're trying to think of how to ask your neighbor to trim their bushes without making them feel like you're "throwing ...
NOLA.com

Wait to prune azaleas, and how to choose a front-yard shade tree: Dan Gill's advice

I have several overgrown azalea bushes and want to rejuvenate them. Is it too late to cut them back now? I do realize I would lose the spring flowers, but I’m afraid the overgrown condition of the ...
The Spruce on MSN

5 Pruning Mistakes You Should Avoid This Fall to Save Your Garden

Key Points Moisture and extreme cold can damage plants and increase risk of disease.Make a few clean, larger cuts instead of ...
NOLA.com

The right way to water new sod; too little sun can make ligustrums lose color: Dan Gill explains

In spots that get some shade, the new growth may emerge with a good yellow color, but over time, as the leaves mature, they ...
AOL

Should You Prune Roses in Fall or Wait Until Spring? A Gardener Shares When It Helps—and When It Hurts

Roses can be pruned in fall or spring—fall helps with shaping, while spring pruning supports fresh growth. In cold zones, stick to light fall pruning to avoid frost damage; in mild zones, heavier cuts ...
Ideal Home on MSN

5 plants that will protect your garden from stormy weather, according to garden experts

‘Hawthorn or holly are great, compact and hardy shrubs which can act as a natural wind break, soaking up the blast and protecting more fragile plants behind them,’ says Samuel Davis, horticulturist ...
LancsLive on MSN

Botanist lists nine plants that can protect your home through the winter

A botanist says there is a list of plants that could help ottcet your home this winter, dfrom reducing flood risks to preventing weather damage and even helping you to stay warm. James Wong said there ...
The Cincinnati Enquirer

Invasive insect spreads to 4 more Ohio counties, destroys shrubs. Meet the box tree moth

The box tree moth has been confirmed in four more Ohio counties, the Ohio Department of Agriculture announced Sept. 25, two in Southwest Ohio and two in the northeast. Ashtabula, Clark, Cuyahoga and ...
PBS

Trump to open more federal land for coal mining, provide industry $625M to boost coal plants

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration said Monday it will open 13 million acres of federal lands for coal mining and provide $625 million to recommission or modernize coal-fired power plants as ...
France 24

Russian strikes cut power to Zaporizhzhia and Chernobyl nuclear plants

Ukraine’s Chernobyl and Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plants lost power on Wednesday after nearby Russian attacks, raising international safety concerns. Emergency diesel generators are ...