Most home gardeners prize azaleas for their wide range of colors and low maintenance. By learning to prune these shrubs properly, you will be rewarded with healthy plants that bring spring color to ...

For summer-flowering shrubs, knowing how and why to prune will determine if they need pruning this year. Many gardeners are worried about winter-burned shrubs in their garden. If they are ...

The best time to prune most shrubs is in the winter when the plants are dormant, so you can better see their shape. Which means there are many that you should avoid pruning in the spring—with a few ...

That urge to grab your pruners the moment temperatures rise is one of the most natural impulses in gardening, and one of the ...

The next few weeks are some of the year’s best for pruning landscape plants – mainly woody-stemmed ones that already have bloomed for the year, as well as most needled evergreens. Spring-blooming ...

Environmental conditions, fungal disease, and insects can cause azalea blooms to look faded or bleached. Learn how to treat ...

Is it now OK to take salvia out of one bed and put them in another? Can I add porterweed to a flowerbed at this time? — Barbara You may try and move the salvias now, although it would be better to ...

Your biggest spring gardening mistake could be cutting these back ...

Early March pruning can be tricky. Learn how to safely prune your shrubs based on weather, plant type, and goals.

What to Prune in June (and What to Leave Alone) originally appeared on Dengarden. Pruning is a common gardening practice where cutting away certain parts of a plant, such as its branches, buds or ...