An expert horticulturist highlights seven plants to prune in December. These are suitable for milder zones, but shouldn’t be ...

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August sees the peak of many perennials, with flowers starting to wilt and look a little tired as the month progresses. Spring and early summer usually sees the vast majority of blooms, and you might ...

If you want the most tomatoes from your harvest, you need to know the correct way to prune these popular garden plants. Bonus ...

Keep your garden interesting and attractive through the winter by waiting until early spring to cut back perennials. Some perennials (like hosta) quickly decline after a hard frost, so I cut them back ...

Cut back perennials in fall if they’re disease-prone or pest-damaged. Wait until spring cleanup to give plants winter protection and wildlife value. Use sharp tools and clean, angled cuts for strong, ...

DIANTHUS BARBATUS (sweet william) you can cut back by one-third to one-half immediately after flowering and before seed sets to get this biennial to act perennial or you can let it go to seed and ...

Late fall is an ideal time to prune many trees and shrubs because their branch structure is visible after the leaves have ...