For many plants, pruning in late winter can ruin your flower display. But for these summer bloomers, it'll have the opposite ...

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 ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Getty Images/Jacky Parker Photography A flowering quince (Chaenomeles sp.) is an ...

The next few weeks are some of the year’s best for pruning landscape plants – mainly woody-stemmed ones that already have bloomed for the year, as well as most needled evergreens. Spring-blooming ...

Many shrubs benefit from pruning each year. We prune them to remove stray branches and suckers, keep the plants to a manageable size, and maintain an attractive shape. For some shrubs, pruning also ...

From sowing seeds indoors to pruning shrubs and deadheading winter flowers, there are plenty of gardening tasks to prepare ...

As our spring-flowering shrubs and trees finish blooming, it is time to prune them so they will flower on schedule next spring. Annual pruning enhances bloom and keeps these plants in bounds. Since ...

The show is over: Spring blooming shrubs and vines have strutted their stuff. With blossoms past, they are melding into other landscape greenery. Don't turn your back on these plants, though, because ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... January is a highly beneficial time to prune trees and shrubs because this is the dormant period for many plants in coastal California. This column provides ...

Each year in winter, gardeners get out their shears to trim their plants in preparation for the coming spring. Pruning is a vital part of plant care — for most trees and shrubs, at least. However, not ...