When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Getty Images By the time fall arrives lots of plants in your yard have probably taken on ...

One task that home gardeners can spend a lot of time on is pruning their shrubs. There are four reasons that you might engage in this task: to affect flower or fruit production; to direct the growth ...

Key Points Prune blueberry bushes in winter to shape growth and improve air flow while dormant.Prune according to the bush's ...

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” ...

Mid- to late-winter provides an excellent opportunity to prune a variety of plants in the landscape. Plants that can be pruned now include most hedges, shrubs and shade trees, and summer-flowering ...

In fall, prune shrubs only to remove dead, damaged, or diseased branches. Wait until leaves drop to better spot problem areas. Keep cuts minimal and avoid removing large limbs or heavy growth. As you ...

According to an old saying, if you’ve properly pruned your shrubs, they shouldn’t look pruned. That’s sage advice — unless, of course, you’re pruning shrubs to look like Donald Duck at Disney World.

Most bushes that flower in the summer do so on new growth. That means you can prune anything you like in the spring, since the new growth hasn’t started yet. Butterfly bush and rose of sharon fall ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Jacky Hobbs/Future Pruning shrubs and perennials in May can reward you with neater plants ...

Make plans now to prune spring-flowering shrubs, such as forsythia, lilac, viburnum and flowering quince, after they finish blooming. “We don’t prune these shrubs in winter because we’d be cutting off ...

As we continue through our “winter” we can still accomplish some useful goals for the coming spring and summer. Of the cultural practices we can do for maintaining woody ornamental plants, chief among ...