As the warm summer breeze fades and is replaced by the increasingly cooler fall temperatures, you may be thinking about what ...

As temperatures cool down, the garden seems to come alive again, especially with the recent rains. Dahlias, zinnias, and ...

Give your perennials a fall trim to prevent pests, curb disease, and set your garden up for healthier, stronger growth next spring.

Key Points In fall, prune shrubs only to remove dead, damaged, or diseased branches.Wait until leaves drop to better spot ...

Removing every dormant perennial plant stem and seed head strips the garden of its structure and beauty. They also gather ...

The flowers are fading, leaves are falling, and the lawn has lost its summer beauty as we inch into autumn. Drought and intense heat have left many plants struggling, and what was once a beautiful ...

LET’S REVIEW A perfect and a little-known method which is totally appropriate now in the month of October. I have numerous times explained, and rightly so, how pruning at the wrong time of year can ...

Encore azaleas bloom in spring, summer, and fall, but even these specific types benefit most from a light pruning right after ...

Seed expert Emily Blaisden also recommends early pruning using the “Chelsea chop” method—removing 1/3 to 1/2 of the plant.

Get out and redesign and replant your landscape. Clean up all the old plants in the garden to reduce diseases and pests next ...

Pruning can still be done. Contrary to popular belief, pruning can be done year-round. Light, judicious pruning in the fall does not kill plants and is often needed to control straggly and overgrown ...

The most common reason for a lack of flowers on hydrangeas is that they were pruned at the wrong time of the year.