As planting season approaches, gardeners everywhere are contemplating ways to improve their landscapes. Spirea is a remarkably versatile, low-maintenance shrub prized for its graceful, arching or ...

While there are so many plants that need pruning for them to give their full potential, there are also a fair few that "never" need pruning at all. These plants will impress with no snipping, clipping ...

Whether you're a fan or not, pruning is frequently an essential gardening job to keep plants neat, thriving, and looking their absolute best year after year. But if you're not keen on it or fancy ...

In spring and summer, when vegetation is plentiful, rabbits have a wider buffet, including lawn grass, clover and, of course, ...

A guide to simple plants to propagate in February from hardwood cuttings before the window shuts at the end of the month, ...

Smoke bush when grown for bold foliage The smoke bush is an interesting plant when it comes to pruning. If you leave it or only do light pruning, you'll get a tall, airy shrub with delicate smoke-like ...

Lots of people think deep winter is either too late or too early for pruning. But for many shrubs, climbers, and perennials, it's actually the perfect time. The plant is still mostly dormant or only ...

These varieties are beautiful and fragrant, adding subtle volume to your space ...

I ASSUME, never having seen anything to the contrary, that the correspondence columns of your tiptop periodical are open to all, and by “all” I mean “all” quite literally. In your many years of ...

Determining what time of year to prune your ornamental deciduous shrubs can be tricky and confusing, but we hope to clear up ...