You can get a head start on spring pruning by cutting back a handful of shrubs before winter. Find out which shrubs tolerate fall pruning and others to leave until next year.

When one thinks of pruning, the vision that provides motivation is one of our gangly, oversized and/or misplaced trees and shrubs neatly trimmed, thriving, and just the right size. You know, the size ...

When my wife and I moved into our house we had a nice eight-foot holly bush on the corner of our house. It fit the landscape well so we got busy with other garden projects. After 25 years this modest ...

Q I have a quick couple of questions about a holly. We planted one several years ago near Lake Ouachita, and it has done extremely well and is now about 5 feet tall and 6 feet in diameter. And of ...

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.: Our holly bushes are really big and seem a little out of control but we sure do not want to loose them. Is now a good time to trim them and how far back should we trim? Robert Gizowski, Freeland A ...

Question: I planted a holly tree 2 years ago. It is growing long and tall, with leaves only on the ends of the branches. It is 5 feet now. When should I trim the long branches to make it thicken up? I ...

Q: I had back surgery recently and was unable to trim my bushes. Is it too late to trim weigela, burning bush, a holly and two no-names that were here when I moved here? I didn't get to fertilize ...

Question: My holly and sweet viburnum hedges need pruning. When is the best time for the trimming? Answer: Delay pruning a little longer. While these plants are usually hardy during cold weather, ...