▪ Topping trees, most notably tree-form crape myrtles. This used to be done to mimosas as well. It ruins the plants’ natural ...

An excellent example are roses, which thrive after a winter where you’ve cut them all the way back. Reasons not to prune a ...

While heavy rose pruning normally occurs during mid-February for bush-type roses ... off the brown tips or wait for them to shrivel and fall off. When there is severe damage, with entire stems ...

As I write this, it's overcast, drizzling and freaking cold. Quite a change from the day before, which was 66 degrees and ...

One key aspect to winter gardening is pruning the right plants. The best pruning shears ... it’s important to do so either when the rose has sufficient time left in its flowering season or ...