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After our colder winter months, it’s time to start thinking about pruning the shrubs in the yard and remove any cold damage.

Pruning shrubs helps them stay healthy and vibrant. Pruning is often necessary to help manage the size and shape of shrubs. Also, pruning stimulates the growth of new foliage or flowers, and ...

An expert guide to plants to prune in May, including spring-flowering shrubs, perennials, and evergreens, together with those ...

Picking fresh berries from the garden is always exciting, especially when you have put time and energy into looking after the plant. If you have a bush in your garden or are growing blueberries in ...

Now is the time for some winter pruning on ornamental shrubs and trees. From December to late March is the perfect time to prune most (but not all) of your trees and shrubs. There are several reasons ...

Midwinter is an excellent time to get outdoors and prune shrubs. “You can prune shrubs any time, but it’s often easier when they are leafless and dormant,” said Julie Janoski, Plant Clinic manager at ...

Mid- to late-winter provides an excellent opportunity to prune a variety of plants in the landscape. Plants that can be pruned now include most hedges, shrubs and shade trees, and summer-flowering ...

Amanda Blum is a freelancer who writes about smart home technology, gardening, and food preservation. Previously, Amanda has worked as a technology strategist specializing in problem solving and ...

Pruning climbing roses is very different from pruning bush roses. For one thing, we rarely cut them back hard the way we do bush roses. That would defeat the purpose of planting a climbing rose — to ...

Certain weather conditions can make shrubs vulnerable to stress during pruning. Avoid heavy pruning during very dry or hot weather, and aim for cooler weather in early spring or late autumn. Before ...