November is a great time to finish up your pruning of a variety of perennial shrubs to ensure that your plants come back with ...

Burning bush is generally a low-maintenance deciduous landscape shrub but it can grow vigorously. If you’re contemplating when to prune a burning bush shrub to maintain its shape or rejuvenate a ...

Q: Can I trim and shape my globe evergreen bushes and if so, can I do it this spring? They’ve been in place a number of years and do have dead branches inside. What would you suggest for trimming back ...

Cutting shrubs too late causes winter damage and fewer blooms. Discover the ideal pruning deadline for your shrubs and how to ...

One of the great things about junipers—along with the fact they’re usually ignored by deer—is how self-sufficient they are. Junipers practically set the gold standard for “plant ‘em and forget ‘em” ...

Hey gardeners! Valentine’s day is close at hand…and so is spring! The weather has moderated a bit and become a little more spring-like and who knows, maybe our final round of cold weather has passed.

One of the fastest-growing flowering shrubs, a butterfly bush can easily put on 5 feet or more of new growth in a single season. Learning how and when to prune a butterfly bush can help you keep all ...

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 ...

If there is one garden task that scares home gardeners the most, it is pruning their blueberry bushes. Most think they will not get a good crop of berries if a bush is pruned. The plants get minimally ...