Pollyanna Wilkinson shares some useful trimming tips ...

Plants can start to look tired in summer when you live in the South. Foliage burns and thirsty flowers wither away. Working in the garden loses any appeal. We'd much rather be sipping lemonade while ...

These shrubs bloom on old wood, so June pruning encourages plenty of fresh stems that will carry flowers next spring. Remove dead wood first, then cut back flowered stems by roughly one-third. Older ...

Between spring’s first flowers and summer’s blooms, a little pruning can pay off in a big way. From perennials that tend to get leggy to plants that rebloom after a good trim—and flowering shrubs that ...

Pruning is my favorite gardening task and I am happy that the pruning season is quickly approaching. It’s a good time to prune back shrubs that bloomed early in spring. However, I’d avoid pruning ...

These doublefile viburnum shrubs seen May 5 demonstrate the effects of fall pruning. The plant without flowers was pruned the previous fall, while the plant with flowers was not pruned. (photos by ...

When I was a child, my mother had three spirea bushes planted along the edge of our yard. Each spring, when they burst into bloom, my sisters and I would cut long arching, flowering branches and twist ...

AND HOW TO DO IT. WITH A HANDSAW AND A CAREFUL CUT, THIS CAN BE PRIME TIME FOR PRUNING. SO I’LL TAKE THIS BACK AT THE ARNOLD ARBORETUM IN BOSTON. HORTICULTURISTS ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF A NARROW ...

Pruning decisions should be based on local weather and plant dormancy, not the calendar. Identify if a shrub blooms on old or new wood to determine the correct pruning time. Shrubs that bloom on new ...

Deciduous shrubs such as hydrangea can be rejuvenated in the late winter or early spring by cutting them back to about six inches as pictured. Deciduous shrubs such as hydrangea can be rejuvenated in ...

As planting season approaches, gardeners everywhere are contemplating ways to improve their landscapes. Spirea is a remarkably versatile, low-maintenance shrub prized for its graceful, arching or ...