Rhododendrons are beautiful, eye-catching shrubs that can reach towering heights if you let them. They fill out the landscape with their big glossy leaves and, for a few magical weeks in spring, they ...

Waiting until spring to clean up your garden and prune back perennials, trees, and shrubs can reduce cold damage and provide extra insulation to your plants through winter. But now that spring has ...

After a long, cold winter, you’re probably ready to get outdoors to start tidying up your garden. While there are many plants, such as roses and fruit trees, that can be pruned in late winter to early ...

The next few weeks are some of the year’s best for pruning landscape plants – mainly woody-stemmed ones that already have bloomed for the year, as well as most needled evergreens. Spring-blooming ...

February is a busy month in the garden for me. I dress up warm and out the door I go on a sunny day. I am either planting trees or shrubs, dividing snowdrops or pruning. Pruning may not be the most ...

Winter may seem like a quiet time in the garden, but it's actually one of the most important seasons for pruning. However, ...

Remove weeds by the root and consider using a pre-emergent herbicide to prevent annual weeds. Check the underside of camellia leaves for scale insects and treat with horticultural oil or a systemic ...