Pruning is essential for attractive, healthy trees and shrubs and improves the quality of flowers, fruit and foliage. The ...

Many summer-flowering shrubs should be trimmed before winter ends, so don’t wait. Get out there on a sunny day and prune your ...

But there are many trees, shrubs and vines that are also favorites of ... Red fruits ripen in mid to late summer. Small, sweet fruit is excellent for eating, jams and jellies. Wildlife also loves the ...

Avoid shearing shrubs into tight geometrical ... spread oak wilt will not be attracted to the trees. To avoid stem cankers, prune honeylocusts when they are still dormant in late winter. If they must ...

Spring-flowering shrubs bloom on one-year-old wood that grew the previous summer. They generally bloom before the end of June and should be pruned immediately after flowering. If these shrubs are ...

If needed, extensive pruning should be done to spring-flowering trees and shrubs soon after they finish flowering. Prune summer-flowering trees and shrubs in mid- to late-winter. Remove dead growth ...

Now is the time for some winter pruning on ornamental shrubs and trees. From December to late March is the perfect time to ...

Plants that can be pruned now include most hedges, shrubs and shade trees, and summer-flowering trees and shrubs such as crape myrtle, oleander, vitex, althea and abelia. Walk around your ...