In addition to focusing on trees and shrubs with dead or damaged areas, prioritize pruning overgrown and fast-growing evergreens in your yard. Aim to keep each plant's natural shape intact, unless you ...

Many shrubs benefit from pruning each year. We prune them to remove stray branches and suckers, keep the plants to a manageable size, and maintain an attractive shape. For some shrubs, pruning also ...

The next few weeks are some of the year’s best for pruning landscape plants – mainly woody-stemmed ones that already have bloomed for the year, as well as most needled evergreens. Spring-blooming ...

From the ⅓ pruning rule to the 1 foot pruning rule, there are so many recommendations out there intended to help homeowners prune their hedges. However, there's one task you need to complete before ...

New growth or candles on a Scotch pine can be pruned in June. CONTRIBUTED New growth or candles on a Scotch pine can be pruned in June. CONTRIBUTED I sure hope this weekend will provide a bit of ...

Trimming shrubs in summer can do more harm than good. Here’s the best time to prune different types of shrubs, the few summer exceptions, and shrub trimming tips.

If your evergreen shrubs need pruning, now is a good time for it. But don't bring out the hedge clippers. We're talking about strategic pruning that enhances the health of a shrub. Right now, shrubs ...