Maintain the look of your formal shrubs by keeping them nice and tidy. Here are a few tips and tricks for pruning evergreen shrubs.

Trimming hedges at the wrong time can do more harm than good. Ahead, experts share the best and worst times to trim hedges to ensure yours stays healthy and defined.

Pruning promotes lusher growth and more flowers on shrubs when done at the right time of year. This is the best time to cut back shrubs, from evergreens to spring bloomers.

September is the perfect month to give your hedges a trim, boosting growth, keeping the garden tidy, and setting yourself up ...

For slow-growing evergreen shrubs, such as arborvitae and yew, prune in late spring or early summer just as the new flush of growth begins to mature and harden.

When to trim box hedges - best time to do it to encourage 'bushy' summer growth BOX hedges are one of the most versatile shrubs to grow in the garden, and are loved for their evergreen leaves ...

Needled evergreens that are not planted as hedges or for topiary usually don’t need much pruning other than to remove dead, diseased, or damaged branches. When removing these branches, just cut back ...

Evergreen cutting time. June is the ideal month to trim or cut back overgrown evergreens, especially those being used as hedges or in screen plantings along property lines. Some species tolerate ...

This weekend's yard jobs include planning for any plants you might want to use to memorialize a loved one at the cemetery for Independence Day, plus trimming the evergreens and sorting out the ...

Research the specific plants in your hedge to know when you should cut them back. That said, many hedges consist of evergreen plants, which Monheim says can be trimmed before or after growth emerges.