Until budburst – when tree buds emerge from winter dormancy and new shoots become visible – there is still time to renovate ...

Boxwood has been a popular evergreen plant for hedging or topiary for centuries. However, more people are seeking boxwood ...

If you’re considering adding trees or shrubs to your landscape in the coming growing season, winter is the perfect time to do the research you’ll need to find the right kind. “Choosing the right ...

Columnist Don Davis says seeding instructions for many flowers and vegetables advise growers to sow seeds “as soon as the ...

When hand weeding, the key is to remove each weed in its entirety. Hold the weed from the stem, pull and twist to gently remove the whole plant from the root system. Once weeded, you can put a mulch ...

Some hedge plants, however, can be thuggish in nature, with vigorous growth rates proving challenging for gardeners. These aggressive and invasive hedge plants are best avoided wh ...

Proper pruning cuts do not leave stubs which won’t heal and will lead to problems. For larger limbs and branches make a flush ...

A notable exception are yews, Taxus x media “Densiformis ... spring pruning will remove the blooms but will not hurt the plant if you want to prune them anyway. Painting the pruning cut ...

Prune any branches that follow the four D’s (dead, diseased, damaged or dying) to the base to conserve the damaged plant’s energy ... Hawthorn or English Yew. Large evergreen hedging plants ...

Pruning changes the form and growth of a plant. Pruning can also be considered preventive maintenance ... Don't prune further back than the current year's growth. Arborvitae, junipers, yews, and ...

Typically no more than a third of these wildlife-friendly hedges should be cut ... plant’s resources are stored for winter in the roots and will be available for regrowth from spring. A trimmed ...

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