Giving your plants a much-needed haircut can feel daunting. You might not turn into a topiary master, but you’ll definitely have the know-how to bob the boxwoods, lop the lilacs, prune the privet, and ...

The best time to prune lilac bushes (Syringa vulgaris) is in late spring soon after your lilac bush has finished blooming. Lilacs flower on “old wood,” or last year’s growth. New buds will begin to ...

There are hundreds of different shrubs within the Berberis genus and all will benefit from annual pruning. But exactly when and how do you prune barberry? Knowing when to prune shrubs is important to ...

Examples of spring-flowering bushes include azaleas, lilacs, forsythia, rhododendrons, viburnum, and spirea. Wait to trim these bushes until after flowering ... minimized state during winter and ...

Our gardens may be preparing for their winter slumbers, but that doesn’t mean we have to rest: It’s time to make free shrubs! The easiest way to propagate woody plants like dogwood ...

Pruning Japanese maples comes with a few rules for how and when to carry out this gardening task if you want to get the most out of them the following year. Pruning is a vital part of caring for ...

Mark’s “two most important” lavender tasks you can do in autumn are to tidy away fallen leaves that have accumulated around the plant and prune lavender ... to prepping plants for winter ...

To encourage a second flush of flowers later in the season prune back some stems by cutting to large buds or a strong side shoot immediately below the blooms Top-heavy or overgrown plants can be ...

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