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 ...

Pruning and trimming are both ways to grow healthier, more beautiful plants. But although these two strategies are similar—cutting away leaves, branches, or other plant parts—they should be used at ...

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 ...

But there's an exception to every rule: Several types of shrubs and certain pruning jobs are suitable for fall. The flowering shrubs have been been wonderful all season long, but the summer is ...

As I was trimming holly branches to bring in the house, I wondered if I’m destroying the berries for next year. Are they like hydrangea and only bloom on old wood (or new growth, depending on the ...

I have four holly shrubs, one "China Boy'' and three "China Girl'' that have been my garden for 10 years, and this is the first time that the deer have bothered them. Will they recover? Can I now do ...

With glistening red berries and evergreen foliage, hollies are an indispensable part of the Southern landscape. They provide ...