Don't be fooled by their easy breezy nature: if you want your butterfly bushes to look their best, you need to learn how to prune buddleia (also known as buddleja) like a pro. You've likely ...

Prune back dead, diseased, or damaged material. Start by pruning shrubs that flower during the summer or later such as ...

Gardening expert Monty Don has shared his top tips when it comes to pruning three garden plants this month. From roses to ...

February is an ideal time to prune because the garden is waking up, and as the new growth comes through, it can be hard to cut back all the old growth without damaging the new. Monty Don has listed ...

BBC gardening expert Monty Don has shared a selection of pruning jobs that can be done now, in the south of the UK, and also ...

Correct lopsided growth by lightly pruning longer shoots and hard pruning weak stems. Shrubs such as forsythia and buddleja can soon accumulate masses of old, dead wood in the centre if they are ...

Now is the time for some winter pruning on ornamental shrubs and trees. From December to late March is the perfect time to ...

February proves to be a busy time in the garden as plants, like rose sand hydrangeas, need your attention. To get the most ...

Don't prune anything that blooms in the spring until after they bloom. Plants that bloom in the summer -- crape myrtles, roses, althea, butterfly bush (buddleia) and summer spiraeas should all be ...

After pruning, you will end up with blueberry bushes that have more fresh growth than brown within a three-year period.