Roses, apple trees, gooseberry bushes, wisteria and raspberries could all benefit from pruning at this time of year - Clara Molden Our gardens can seem inhospitable places during the depths of winter; ...

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 ...

Pruning plants is one task you can take care of now before spring gardening gets busy. Learn which plants benefit, along with ...

PERSONALLY, I AM so grateful for the frosty, cold mornings we have had this last week. The frost is exactly what our trees, ...

Wisteria is a showstopping climber with cascades of fragrant flower clusters in spring. Perfect for draping over a pergola or training to clamber up a house, wisteria has the power to transform ...

Cascading purple blossoms resembling bunches of grapes are your reward with the right care for a wisteria tree. Undeniably beautiful but easily growing out of control, wisteria (Wisteria sinensis or W ...

WELL, DAY 10 still has no frost and the mild temperatures are pushing several of your landscape plants to “break dormancy.” With that in mind, I started pruning fruit trees this week. Today, I will ...

With the temperature dropping again this week, it’s understandable to think that there is nothing to do in the garden, or rather you would prefer to be indoors, wrapped up in a blanket keeping warm.

Heat, drought, and pest obstacles aside, landscape plants now have completed most of this season’s growth. The result in some cases is a landscape that’s blown past ideal sizes and is now bordering on ...

As well as enjoying the fruits of your labour from earlier in the year – whether it’s picking home-grown veggies or admiring perennials in full bloom – time spent in the garden during July is largely ...

It’s at this time of year, when early perennials are spent, shrubs seem to have gone out of shape and hedges are looking wayward, that you may feel the urge to give your secateurs and shears an airing ...