After many years working as a professional gardener, these are my go-to plants to prune in July, for a thriving yard in the year ahead ...

Want to know what plants to prune? From lavender to wisteria, keep reading for the plants to prune in July before it's too ...

As far as summer perennials go, catmint is at the top of horticulturist Christine Froehlich’s list for pruning. "The number ...

Many plants benefit from some type of pruning, whether it's a conservative reshaping or a harder cut to rejuvenate. One plant that benefits greatly from pruning is the lilac shrub.

The common lilac is a tough, reliable shrub that may reach a height of 15 to 20 feet. Plants begin forming flower buds in fall, which overwinter then bloom in late spring, which makes pruning a ...

Q. Our neighbors have a hedgerow of lilacs that were planted about 25 years ago. Through the years, they have been kept to about a four-foot height by using the "buzz"method of pruning - basically ...

In this stressful spring, we’ve been cheered by the bright blooms of flowering shrubs and ornamental trees such as forsythia, quince, viburnum, lilac, cherry, crabapple and redbud.If these ...

Question: On my young shade tree, two branches suddenly zoomed up that are taller than the rest. Should I cut them back to the same height as the others? Answer: Your tree has produced two leaders.

Lilac bushes bear flowers on last year’s growth, so if you prune in the late summer or fall when branch growth slows in preparation for dormancy, you’ll likely diminish — or extinguish ...

Late April through June: Prune spring flowering shrubs and trees. Examples would be lilac, forsythia, crabapple, azaleas and redbud. These plants just finished flowering and will set next year’s ...