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Ever looked out at your garden in winter and wondered if you should bother with pruning? It can feel odd to fuss over plants ...

Gardening expert shares which popular spring-flowering shrubs you should avoid pruning in winter to ensure beautiful blooms ...

Discover our selection of plants to never prune in December, including spring-flowering shrubs that won't bloom and trees ...

August sees the peak of many perennials, with flowers starting to wilt and look a little tired as the month progresses. Spring and early summer usually sees the vast majority of blooms, and you might ...

December can be a nerve-wracking time for many gardeners. The weather gets colder every week, snow begins to accumulate on ...

The best color is on new growth — branches that are just a year or two old. Older branches will turn grayish or brown. “To ...

An expert horticulturist highlights seven plants to prune in December. These are suitable for milder zones, but shouldn’t be trimmed if frosts are predicted ...

Many gardeners eschew geometric shapes in gardens and go to great lengths to avoid anything resembling spheres or rectangles or even straight lines. I don't belong in that category because I like to ...

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For beginners, one of the daunting aspects of creating flower beds is the idea that you have to stake perennials as they grow. You stake vampires. Perennials? This was the standard advice decades ago ...