In fall, prune shrubs only to remove dead, damaged, or diseased branches. Wait until leaves drop to better spot problem areas. Keep cuts minimal and avoid removing large limbs or heavy growth. As you ...

You can rip overgrown bushes out and start over, but this isn't always desirable. Here's how to landscape a yard with ...

Shrubs require more maintenance than bedding or potted plants, with pruning the main task to keep them looking good. Consider these general guidelines for how often and how much to prune, along with ...

A gardener moves recently pruned shrub branches from a garden bin to a wood chipper. - Kolbz/Getty Images When you see one of your shrubs growing a little too wild, your first thought might be to grab ...

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 ...

Make plans now to prune spring-flowering shrubs, such as forsythia, lilac, viburnum and flowering quince, after they finish blooming. “We don’t prune these shrubs in winter because we’d be cutting off ...

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Learn about the importance of tree diversity and why now is the time to prune back your shrubs. This week on Backyard Farmer, Heather Beyers from Great Plains Nursery shares the importance of tree ...

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 ...