Most plants need pruning in winter or spring, but these popular perennials need a midsummer trim if they're to flower and ...

If you've spent any time gardening, then you've likely heard of the term "pruning" before. This beneficial garden maintenance task is imperative for keeping your beautiful, hard-earned rose bush alive ...

It might be a demanding task but you'll be glad you did it!

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Yes, there's a point when it is too late to prune roses in the fall if you want to minimize cold damage to your plants. Olga ...

Getting the timing right is half the battle when it comes to pruning flowering shrubs. Prune at the wrong time, and you’ll lop off developing flower buds. Or prune too late in the growing season, and ...

End of winter is the best time of year to prune shrubs that flower later in the growing season, i.e. from mid-June and after. The reason is that later-flowering shrubs bloom on “new wood.” This means ...

Pruning Plants During the Monsoon Understanding Monsoon Pruning: As the monsoon season arrives, plants experience rapid ...

As is the case with many garden jobs, there is a manual tool and a powered one for hedges too. For light hedge pruning, a ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... January is a highly beneficial time to prune trees and shrubs because this is the dormant period for many plants in coastal California. This column provides ...

1. When pruning, it is advisable to disinfect pruning shears when moving from one plant to the next so as to prevent the spread of pathogens – bacteria, fungi, and viruses – that cause disease. Common ...

Next spring I will be joining a rose tour in France, so I need to brush up on my French. I gathered up my French books and started by reviewing the chapter on how to ask questions, because if you want ...

The Knock Out rose is likely the most planted rose in southeast Louisiana landscapes. Since its introduction in 2000, the Knock Out rose has ushered in a whole new way to look at roses and use them in ...