Redbuds are deciduous trees adored for their pink or white spring flowers and unique heart-shaped leaves. Pruning helps keep redbuds healthy and productive, so knowing when and how to prune a redbud ...

Secateurs at the ready: March is the perfect month to prune back garden plants such as hydrangeas, rambling roses and a ...

The University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer a tree pruning workshop at the Hancock County Extension Office, 63 Boggy Brook Road, on Friday, March 13, from 9 a.m.–noon.

Most people know hibiscus as a shrub bursting with bright flowers, but fewer realize it can be shaped into a small, ornamental tree. The secret isn't some rare variety or special fertilizer. All your ...

Pruning is an art and a science, and the pruning season is near. The art of pruning is creating a plant that is aesthetically pleasing while using science to do so. Science is also used to ensure good ...

Just because there’s snow on the ground doesn’t mean there’s nothing to do in the garden until spring. Late winter is often ...

The International Society of Arboriculture offered the following tips on proper pruning techniques for spring flowering trees: CHAMPAIGN, Ill.-One of the surest signs that warm weather is here to stay ...

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 ...

OWNERS of gardens, large and small, will find this book very useful, for many people fail to get the best results from their shrubs and trees owing to their indifferent knowledge of pruning. All ...