Burning bush is generally a low-maintenance deciduous landscape shrub but it can grow vigorously. If you’re contemplating when to prune a burning bush shrub to maintain its shape or rejuvenate a ...

Harvesting fresh raspberries from your home garden is a fulfilling experience, and with some thoughtful pruning, you can maximize your harvest. By removing old and diseased canes and thinning out new ...

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 ...

Knowing when and how to prune cotoneaster shrubs, trees, and hedges means healthy plants and lots of flowers and berries.

Tips on how and when to prune lilacs to keep your shrub healthy. When to prune lilacs is just as important as how you prune these shrubs to ensure they produce lots of beautiful, fragrant flowers in ...

Hey gardeners! Valentine’s day is close at hand…and so is spring! The weather has moderated a bit and become a little more spring-like and who knows, maybe our final round of cold weather has passed.

Do yourself and your shrubs some good by getting outside to prune them in midwinter. “This time of year, when shrubs and small trees are dormant, is an easy time to prune them,” said Sharon Yiesla, ...

Spring is the best time to prune butterfly bushes. Pruning in the late fall or winter leaves them susceptible to frost damage. Wait until the spring to do a hard prune (pruning it back to one foot ...

How to prune your berry patch, with different approaches for floricanes and primocanes. Berry season is just around the corner, and NOW is the time to prune your raspberry and blackberry bushes. In ...

Prune blueberry bushes in winter to shape growth and improve air flow while dormant. Prune according to the bush's age to build strong roots early and renew fruiting canes later. Pruning boosts berry ...

End of winter is the best time of year to prune shrubs that flower later in the growing season, i.e. from mid-June and after. The reason is that later-flowering shrubs bloom on “new wood.” This means ...

If there is one garden task that scares home gardeners the most, it is pruning their blueberry bushes. Most think they will not get a good crop of berries if a bush is pruned. The plants get minimally ...