An easy-care spirea bush adds color and attracts plenty of pollinators. The shrubs grow quickly and thrive in most landscapes ...

Pruning helps to clear away the old and make room for new growth, but timing is everything. Here are the 7 plants to prune ...

Raspberries and blackberries are pruned in late winter or early spring to get rid of dead, damaged or dense and tangled canes ...

Pruning woody plants: Red- and yellow-twig dogwood and shrub willows are prone to canker diseases that infect the branches, causing discolored sunken areas in the bark while ninebark and lilac shrubs ...

The red, yellow or green canes are newer ... This kind of pruning removes the fruit -bearing flowers. BEGIN PRUNING: First, go through the bush with sharp pruners and remove all twiggy growth ...

White, red and blackcurrants are perfect for a ... less than 10cm above the soil – this will give the bush a short leg. Prune all other branches to a third of their original length, cutting ...

It's also important to have a pruning saw to cut off larger branches. A bush tree is the most common form of fruit tree, with an open arrangement of branches growing from a short trunk.