Pruning trees in spring is a common garden chore, but timing and technique matter. We talked to arborists about the most ...

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

A guide to five flowering trees to prune in early spring, as you sacrifice flowers and growth if they are trimmed any later, ...

A guide to the best plants to prune in April, featuring expert trimming tips, along with guidance on what not to prune and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you need motivation to go out in the January cold to do some garden work, picture a tree covered in showy white flowers in ...

When a gardener is anxious to get started in the spring garden, a task commonly undertaken is pruning. Most trees and shrubs benefit from annual pruning because pruning has a major influence on a ...

Trees add significant value to our landscapes, but sometimes trees can become somewhat problematic in their crown, trunk, or roots. Also, when nurturing newly planted trees, some strategic pruning in ...

The best time to prune crepe myrtles is before new growth appears, so what happens if you prune crepe myrtles later in the ...

Monty Don draws on an old rhyme when it comes to advising gardeners on pruning. The BBC Gardeners' World presenter, writing on his blog Montydon.com, repeats the phrase, "If it flowers before June, no ...

End of winter is the best time of year to prune shrubs that flower later in the growing season, i.e. from mid-June and after. The reason is that later-flowering shrubs bloom on “new wood.” This means ...

Learn which trees and shrubs you should not prune in spring—and when to trim dogwood, lilac, azalea, forsythia, and more.