Are you one of the many gardeners who worry about pruning a plant and causing damage? Don’t be. Pruning can be easy if you know a little bit about what you are doing.

That once-cute shrub is now blocking the windows, swallowing the walkway, and testing your patience. Before you dig it out, ...

Removal isn’t the only option for a big, old shrub that’s outgrowing its space or just not blooming well anymore. Many overgrown shrubs can be brought back into size and shape and even induced to ...

Spring is the worst time of year to prune your dogwood tree because you can negatively impact spring blooms. If you want to prune your dogwood trees, any other time of the year is perfect, depending ...

This is the time of year when you can take large amounts of wood from trees, shrubs and many of our flowering and nonflowering plants in a process called pruning. Break out your loppers or handsaw and ...

There’s an old saying in pruning: “Prune until it hurts, and then prune some more.” The advice helps overcome our fear of cutting away too many branches. Other pruning adages are less useful. “When in ...

The secret to the perfect fig is in your shears. A few strategic cuts turn a tangled thicket into a high-yielding masterpiece. Here’s how to master pruning fig trees ...

Determining what time of year to prune your ornamental deciduous shrubs can be tricky and confusing, but we hope to clear up ...

February is the perfect time to address the first essential task of the year — pruning. Centre Daily Times, file Home orchards have been popular with Americans since colonial times, and today’s PA ...