Many of us are accustomed to cutting back our ornamental grasses in late winter to get rid of dead leaves and promote fresh, attractive growth. You might wonder if it’s also necessary to cut ...
Leave the Butchery Behind: How to Properly Prune Crape Myrtle Trees
Crape myrtle trees (Lagerstroemia) are to the southern United States what ivy is to university towers. Imperative. Expected. Greatly appreciated, and… lovely. Though not as ubiquitous as they ...
5 Tips for Pruning Roses Like a Pro
If you’re standing, shears in hand, shaking your head at a tangled mass of roses, you’ve come to the right place. While they can be daunting at first, once you get the upper hand with proper ...
Don’t Forget Your Spring Garden Checklist!
Gardeners are a fortunate lot. For many folks, the winter season can drag on and become a bit gloomy. The weather’s gray and dull, there’s not enough daylight hours, and our favorite outdoor ...
Spring Care Tips for Your Herb Garden
Who doesn’t love herbs? They’re fun and easy to grow, delicious to cook with, and they offer amazing levels of antioxidants for good health and well-being. And they’re also among some of the ...
How to Prune Blooming Plants in Spring
Come late February or March, the winter is on its way out over much of the country. It's pruning time for folks who have woody-stemmed plants that bloom or hedges and shrubs that need shaping ...
Pruning Ornamental Trees and Shrubs
It was brought home to me one afternoon as I looked out my bedroom window to see if I could find any flower buds on my magnolia campbellii that bloomed so heavily last year. I saw no newer buds but I ...
My Thoughts on Weed Removal
Weeds are a really challenging problem. I spend considerable time pulling them, digging, them and sorting them. A weed is something growing someplace where you don't want it. You can recognize ...
Tips to Keep Your Late Summer Garden Going Strong
What Your Garden Needs Now As the growing season winds down in the temperate zones of the US, gardeners have their work cut out for them. Flower and vegetable gardens alike have mature plants that ...
The Basics of Pruning
When to prune, how to prune, where to prune? There's no other task that strikes fear into the heart of most amateur gardeners as does the subject of pruning plants. Yet successful pruning can ...
