Now’s a good time to spruce up the front entry landscape in preparation for holiday visitors. Start with a broom to the walls and ceiling of your porch. Halloween is long gone so those natural spider ...

While August is a busy month in the garden, no task is more important than pruning – and it’s the perfect time to give several deciduous, climbing and summer-flowering shrubs a seasonal trim. 'For ...

Dear Helen: After several years of neatly controlled behaviour in our garden, a hebe suddenly exploded into exaggerated growth this summer. I don’t have the variety name, but the leaves are large and ...

Pruning is a vital gardening task, and it's not just carried out for looks alone. Besides maintaining a neat garden, it can also help stimulate the plant to develop fresh blooms, particularly during ...