Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. white spirea flowers Spirea, or spiraea, are popular perennial shrubs with pretty blooms in spring and summer. They're generally ...

Spring pruning can rejuvenate many types of plants and make way for fresh leafy growth. However, there are some ...

The pruners are clean, the days are getting longer, and the garden is stirring after months of dormancy. March is when the ...

As planting season approaches, gardeners everywhere are contemplating ways to improve their landscapes. Spirea is a remarkably versatile, low-maintenance shrub prized for its graceful, arching or ...

One task that home gardeners can spend a lot of time on is pruning their shrubs. There are four reasons that you might engage in this task: to affect flower or fruit production; to direct the growth ...

According to an old saying, if you’ve properly pruned your shrubs, they shouldn’t look pruned. That’s sage advice — unless, of course, you’re pruning shrubs to look like Donald Duck at Disney World.

Spring often brings a long list of gardening chores such as cutting back dead growth after a long winter. Spring pruning can rejuvenate many types of plants and make way for fresh leafy growth.

End of winter is the best time of year to prune shrubs that flower later in the growing season, i.e. from mid-June and after. The reason is that later-flowering shrubs bloom on “new wood.” This means ...

Q: I read your article on spring yard cleanup on InForum and I have a question about the shrub in the photo. I’m wondering what it is and if I can trim it. If so, how far down I should prune it? Last ...

While there are so many plants that need pruning for them to give their full potential, there are also a fair few that "never" need pruning at all. These plants will impress with no snipping, clipping ...

I am tired of pruning my overgrown barberry and Spirea shrubs in my front landscape. What would you suggest for replacement shrubs that will stay under 4 feet without pruning and keep their leaves all ...