The warm glow of forsythias cools down as their flowers fade and green leaves start to unfold. For the next 11 months, this plant that displays such cheerful color on the drab heels of winter will be ...

Don’t risk winter damage that can kill your plants.

Your rhubarb plants are just doing what rhubarb plants do. They commonly send up flower spikes early in the spring. But cut any of those stalks off as soon as you see them. You don't want the plant ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pruning plants while they are dormant reduces stress and encourages healthy growth. Along with mowing the lawn at the right time, ...

If you have an overgrown forsythia or lilac, now is the time to get it under control by using proper pruning techniques. It’s not uncommon for some of these large shrubs to get out of hand, especially ...

This forsythia hedge has very few flowers because the hedge is crowded with invasive trees and the remaining forsythia branches were sheared back in the fall, removing the spring-flowering wood. The ...

Fall pruning puts spring flowers at risk.

When it comes to pruning, timing is everything. Some plants need to be pruned in fall for a healthier garden next year. Others are best left until spring, after they've bloomed. Knowing which plants ...

Due to the extra warm winter we've had this year, it’s been a good spring for forsythia. There are loads of yellow flowers on forsythia shrubs all around our area. You may have noticed some bushes ...