Mid- to late-winter provides an excellent opportunity to prune a variety of plants in the landscape. Plants that can be pruned now include most hedges, shrubs and shade trees, and summer-flowering ...

One of the great things about junipers—along with the fact they’re usually ignored by deer—is how self-sufficient they are. Junipers practically set the gold standard for “plant ‘em and forget ‘em” ...

October is a fantastic time to plant trees and shrubs, as the cooler temperatures and increased rainfall create ideal conditions for root establishment before the winter chill sets in. Whether you’re ...

This is the time of year when you can take large amounts of wood from trees, shrubs and many of our flowering and nonflowering plants in a process called pruning. Break out your loppers or handsaw and ...

I’ve got an old math problem for you. If you hang a horseshoe on a tree branch that’s 5 feet above ground, and the tree grows 1 foot per year, how high will the horseshoe be in 10 years? If you ...