Landscaping expert Todd Bowman shared essential pruning tips for various plants, emphasizing timing and techniques for ...
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Pruning is a necessary but often tedious task for gardeners. Getting the timing right is essential for many plants, and viburnums are a great example. With over 150 species, viburnums (Viburnum spp.) ...
Someone recently told me that a woody shrub should never be pruned of old wood because it could die. Is this true? I have a viburnum in need of pruning. That's a new one to me! This is not true, but I ...
Spring pruning can rejuvenate many types of plants and make way for fresh leafy growth. However, there are some spring-blooming plants that you should never prune until after their flowers have faded.
Are you one of the many gardeners who worry about pruning a plant and causing damage? Don’t be. Pruning can be easy if you know a little bit about what you are doing.
June is always a very busy month for a gardener. Whether it is planting, sowing, watering, feeding, or weeding, the to-do list quickly fills up. And, of course, you cannot overlook pruning. It is a ...
I prune plants that are overgrown very aggressively. Most gardeners hesitate to prune aggressively enough to get good results. Overgrown plants have little value in your garden, so don’t be afraid to ...
Q: I’ve lived in my home for 12 years and this is the first year one of the bushes did not fill out. I’d like your opinion about the next step to save it. Should I trim it down this fall, hoping it ...
The Springfield News-Leader in Springfield, Missouri, partners with the Master Gardeners of Green County each week to bring readers a question-and-answer column with some of the expert horticulturists ...