If you want your forsythia shrub to grow bushy and big, you'll need to regularly prune it in the winter. Here are some ...

Shrubs such as dogwood or spirea can be pruned in the winter, encouraging a healthy spring flush. Heavy pruning of evergreen ...

Found yourself with a garden full of overgrown trees and shrubs? It’s time to give them a haircut through pruning. Pruning helps trees and plants stay healthy, improve growth, and even produce more ...

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The next few weeks are some of the year’s best for pruning landscape plants – mainly woody-stemmed ones that already have bloomed for the year, as well as most needled evergreens. Spring-blooming ...

Ever looked out at your garden in winter and wondered if you should bother with pruning? It can feel odd to fuss over plants that seem lifeless, but this is actually a smart season for some hands-on ...

Growing squash? Then you're likely familiar with how spread out the plant becomes as it grows. Squash plants are known for their sprawling growth, which may lead you to ask yourself when is the right ...

To Steve McConnell, fall is the right time to urge residents to prune their shrubs and trees away from sidewalks and curb sides. “Nobody wants a wet or snow-covered branch in the face as they try to ...

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 ...

Besides getting your veggies installed, what should you be doing this time of year? You can start pruning back your spring flowering shrubs, like lilacs, any time after they bloom. If no shaping is ...

For gardeners who want to get some of their prized plants into shape for Spring, the time is running out, says expert Simon ...