If vines have swallowed your azaleas and privet has overtaken your hollies, it's not too late to wrestle back control of the garden. You can tame overgrowth around your shrubs without seriously ...

Ornamental. Decorative. Beautiful. Those are a few words that are often associated with the Bradford pear. Another word is invasive. The popular fruit-bearing tree with the white flowers can be found ...

One task that home gardeners can spend a lot of time on is pruning their shrubs. There are four reasons that you might engage in this task: to affect flower or fruit production; to direct the growth ...

Early March pruning can be tricky. Learn how to safely prune your shrubs based on weather, plant type, and goals.

The weather has turned glorious, and often gardeners, driven to do something, grab the pruners and vigorously start working over a shrub or tree, as if the act was a rite of spring. Cass Turnbull, ...