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

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Pruning certain shrubs in the fall encourages new growth that winter temperatures will damage and, for many shrubs, reduces ...

Viburnums are a versatile and popular species of shrubs that you should not prune in October. Whether you have a deciduous or ...

As the warm summer breeze fades and is replaced by the increasingly cooler fall temperatures, you may be thinking about what ...

A: Yes, you can, but if you want all of your flowers next year — don’t do it! Lilacs are a spring blooming shrub. Most spring blooming flowers form their flower buds from August to October. So, ...

Question: When is it best to prune crape myrtle? I’ve heard before winter and again just before spring. The last two years, I trimmed back the branches (it is only about 5 feet tall) about one-third ...

Deciduous shrubs - those that lose their leaves each winter - are always sending up new stems at or near ground level. This makes them forgiving plants to prune. New growth, wherever needed, can ...

The Associated Press This undated photo shows a shrub being pruned in New Paltz, N.Y. Deciduous shrubs — those that lose their leaves each winter — are always sending up new stems at or near ground ...

In this stressful spring, we’ve been cheered by the bright blooms of flowering shrubs and ornamental trees such as forsythia, quince, viburnum, lilac, cherry, crabapple and redbud. If these plants ...