Now is the time to prepare your plants for their winter rest. For some plants, this includes pruning to promote health, shape them, and prevent unwanted pests and diseases from taking over during ...

Pruning is such a big part of fall cleanup that it may come as a surprise to hear me ask you to put down the clippers down for a moment, because there are some plants that should never be pruned ...

In winter, deciduous plants shed leaves and send food reserves to their roots. If you prune in winter or spring they then have ample resources to regrow and balance their roots with their top growth.

Along with routine tasks such as watering, deadheading, and harvesting flowers and vegetables, it is an ideal month to prune many summer-flowering plants. Some shrubs, hedges, climbers, and soft fruit ...

A slow-growing, evergreen shrub to 1m, with an upright stem bearing whorls of sword-shaped, purple-tinged, leathery leaves to 30cm long. This cultivar is much smaller and less spikey than the species ...

Inspect the plant for spots where leaves grow too close together, then prune one or two to reduce the foliage density.' Similarly, some leaves can be removed to reduce the plant's volume if it's grown ...