Q: I have waited all season for my hydrangeas to bloom and had nary a one until now. Now, they are covered (see reader's photo). Why now? Nothing has changed that I know of. I live in Fayetteville. A: ...

Winter pruning gives spring growth a chance to thrive.

If you take hardwood cuttings from this Christmassy native tree in December, you'll have hardy saplings ready for planting in ...

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 ...

Having been away for a couple of weeks (well, not so much away as off, mostly in my garden, which is as good a holiday as any), inevitably, I now have to deal with a swollen postbag. The truth is, far ...

When one thinks of pruning, the vision that provides motivation is one of our gangly, oversized and/or misplaced trees and shrubs neatly trimmed, thriving, and just the right size. You know, the size ...

Q: What is the best way to feed and prune a number of Nellie R. Stevens hollies we planted five years ago in order to encourage vertical growth? A: Before I try to answer that, let me remind you that ...