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 ...

Prune shrubs based on bloom time, cold tolerance, and variety—check what's best for each type. Cut back new wood hydrangeas in fall, but wait until after blooming to prune old wood ones. Remove dead ...

It’s late winter, spring is just around the corner, and you’re eager to get out in the garden. Fortunately, now is the time to prune and shape certain flowering shrubs. Know which shrubs are best ...

Between spring's first flowers and summer's blooms, a little pruning can pay off in a big way. From perennials that tend to get leggy to plants that rebloom after a good trim—and flowering shrubs that ...

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 ...

Fall isn't the best time to prune many shrubs because you risk removing the buds that will develop into next year's blooms. Azaleas, Chinese fringe flower, and forsythia rely on later pruning for ...

One popular question among home gardeners is when and how do you prune your flowering shrubs? Although it can seem tempting to prune in late fall and early spring, the type of shrub you have ...

Now that you’ve tackled most of your early spring chores such as yard cleanup, planting your vegetables, and early-season lawn care, you’re ready to turn to other maintenance tasks, such as pruning.

These shrubs bloom on old wood, so June pruning encourages plenty of fresh stems that will carry flowers next spring. Remove dead wood first, then cut back flowered stems by roughly one-third. Older ...