Discover how to prune a Christmas tree. This is a task many neglect when brining a real Christmas tree home for the festive ...

This week’s final article on pruning focuses on evergreen trees. There is a big difference in timing the pruning of pines versus spruces and others. Pruning pines at the wrong time means no more ...

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

URBANA — Throughout the growing season, gardeners and arborists talk about the benefits of pruning woody ornamentals while they are dormant, and that time is almost here. “Pruning can seem like a ...

If you love the heady scent of this compact shrub's flowers, put those shears down. Prune in fall and you risk removing buds ...

Before plants leaf out for the spring, it’s a good idea to take some time for maintenance tasks in the garden. Here are two important items to put on your to-do list: pruning and fertilizing your ...

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 ...

Have you been following my repeated advice to water your trees and shrubs? So far, this fall appears to be extremely dry, so start watering now including any newly planted shrubs or trees. Stop ...

Severe pruning — a.k.a. “coat racking” — is never good for ficus and other evergreen trees, but pruning during high heat is even worse. Evergreen trees like the ficus that were heavily pruned outside ...

Some plants like fruit trees, rhododendrons, azaleas and others, should be pruned now. As the heat and drought of July crescendos, you may notice that spring’s tender new growth has turned into summer ...

Winter pruning should be confined to summer flowering plants. Plants that bloom in the spring, such as lilacs, rhododendrons and azaleas, should be pruned immediately after they ve bloomed. Remember ...

Throughout the growing season, gardeners and arborists talk about the benefits of pruning woody ornamentals while they are dormant, and that time is almost here. "Pruning can seem like a daunting task ...