With the winter months nearly behind us and spring just around the corner, it is time to start thinking about pruning landscape plants. The unusually warm winter has caused many plants to continue to ...

Many landscape plants will require pruning at some stage of their life. Plants may need to be pruned to reduce or maintain plant size or to remove dead or damaged material. Pruning is also used to ...

Gardeners fall into two camps when they think about pruning. One group can't wait to get their hands on a pair of pruning shears and start carving, and the mere thought of pruning strikes fear in the ...

One of the most common questions we receive in Extension is: When is the best time to prune my fruit trees? The general rule ...

No gardening tool collection is complete without a pair of pruning shears. These shears help you keep dead branches trimmed away and cut your flowers back with precision. As a result, choosing the ...

If you're going to buy just one tool for pruning, make it a pair of handheld pruning shears. This is the tool you'll use for pruning roses and for most cuts on fruit plants, houseplants and young ...

If you're one of the many folks who are gearing up for spring yard work, now’s the time to make sure you have all the tools you need, like a lawn mower or even a full yard care tool bundle. While ...

The vernal equinox is really more significant for meteorologists than it is for gardeners. Some plants respond to changes in day length, of course, but they don’t perform differently merely because ...

The show is over: Spring-blooming shrubs and vines have strutted their stuff. With blossoms past, they are melding into other landscape greenery. Don't turn your back on these plants, though, because ...