Looking for a winter garden task? Pruning plants, shrubs, and trees can help improve growth and health. Here are some you ...

Q: I had back surgery recently and was unable to trim my bushes. Is it too late to trim weigela, burning bush, a holly and two no-names that were here when I moved here? I didn't get to fertilize ...

"Whilst some dormant perennials, such as buddleia, roses, lavender and summer-flowering spirea will all benefit from being ...

Hollies can take what’s called a “rejuvenation pruning” without harm, although they’ll look their best if you remove around 30% of each plant a year for several years in a row. (Getty ...

Actually, there aren’t any shrubs that really require trimming. They get by without it in the wild, after all. As Alan Titchmarsh notes in “How to Garden: Flowering Shrubs,” “Many gardeners struggle ...

As I was trimming holly branches to bring in the house, I wondered if I’m destroying the berries for next year. Are they like hydrangea and only bloom on old wood (or new growth, depending on the ...

When my wife and I moved into our house we had a nice eight-foot holly bush on the corner of our house. It fit the landscape well so we got busy with other garden projects. After 25 years this modest ...