Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When it comes to garden upkeep, many plants and trees in your yard do well with a yearly cut back. Some love a tidy up in the cold ...

You can prune evergreens year-round, but the winter offers distinct advantages. In winter, visibility is improved and shaping is easier. Winter evergreen care also includes mulching, watering, and ...

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 ...

One chore that gardeners take on before a new season is pruning, an often perceived nightmare. However, here are a few quick ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Getty Images By the time fall arrives lots of plants in your yard have probably taken on ...

Shrubs such as dogwood or spirea can be pruned in the winter, encouraging a healthy spring flush. Heavy pruning of evergreen ...

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 ...

Pruning plants is one task you can take care of now before spring gardening gets busy. Learn which plants benefit, along with ...

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 ...