Should you prune hydrangeas after blooming or wait until spring to protect next season's flowers. Understanding hydrangea ...

Learn how and when to cut back perennials without killing the plants to keep your garden tidy, vegetation vigorous and ...

This simple gardening technique redirects your plant's energy toward producing bigger, juicier tomatoes instead of wasting it on unnecessary growth.

Here’s what to know about how and when to prune hostas. Keep your shade-loving hostas happy all year with proper pruning that ...

Knowing the right time to prune your tomato plants is the best way to keep them healthy, boost fruit production, and help ...

Prune these beloved summer perennials to encourage future growth.

Pinching, cutting back and pruning are not terms we usually associate with the perennial garden. However, these practices can benefit many plants, as well as help to improve flowering, growth and ...

To prune or not to prune your perennials is the question that arises about this time of year, when many have stopped blooming and your garden is beginning to look a bit unkempt. You have, of ...

As a rule, cut down most perennials to near ground level each spring. Some perennials become completely dead-brown down to the soil, so prune down leaving only an inch or so.

According to Monty Don, lavender needs pruning every year to ensure it grows back. Here's the "best" time to trim the plant.

Gently prune back more vigorous perennials to keep your border from looking overgrown. If you cut leaves off at the base, this reduces the size of the plants without having them look pruned.

Last chance to prune spring flowering shrubs and perennials If you wait and prune these spring bloomers in the fall or winter, you will cut off all of next year’s flower buds. by Steve Smith ...