Last fall all of our chrysanthemums (most of which were planted about 15 years ago) died. They were in different areas of the garden, and the other plants that were in with them were not affected. I ...

Deciduous shrubs — those that lose their leaves each winter — are always sending up new stems at or near ground level. This makes them forgiving plants to prune. New growth, wherever needed, can ...

Now's a good time to prune summer-blooming shrubs and most evergreens. The next few weeks are ideal pruning time for a big chunk of landscape plants - in particular, the flowering shrubs that bloom ...

Make plans now to prune spring-flowering shrubs, such as forsythia, lilac, viburnum and flowering quince, after they finish blooming. “We don’t prune these shrubs in winter because we’d be cutting off ...

The next few weeks are the year’s best to prune flowering shrubs that have already finished blooming for the year, as well as most evergreens. Spring-flowering woody plants (ones that bloom in March, ...