This week, gardening columnist Don Kinzler answers questions about when to cut back geraniums grown from cuttings over the winter, where to prune a burning bush with rabbit damage, and more. Reader ...

Burning bush plants are known for red fall foliage, but the seeds invade natural areas. Grow a sterile cultivar or a native shrub instead.

This is why some say burning bush should be eliminated as an invasive plant... notice all of the burning-bush seedlings that have sprouted from dropped seeds. Q: Could you tell me when is the best ...

Q • What time of the year can I prune (I’m hoping now ) my burning bushes? I also have a weeping blue atlas cedar that needs cutting back. When and how much can be cut off these two species? A • ...

Dear Carol: There are a couple of large burning bushes that I would like to prune way back to reduce them in size. I plan to do this in late fall after the leaves have fallen off. Will the burning ...

Q: I've got a couple of spindly rhododendrons in the back right corner of my property. I heard these can be cut back pretty hard to make them grow fuller again. Is now a good time to do that? I've ...

Recently, I wrote about selective pruning, an important maintenance practice used to remove broken, damaged and diseased branches from trees and shrubs. Selective pruning is used to improve their ...

Question: Last fall, I put in a 5-foot burning bush and some other large shrubs. They are all sparse. They don’t have very many leaves in the center or on the bottom half, especially the burning bush.

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Boxwood Q • I wasn’t able to prune my boxwoods, yews and burning bushes this summer, and they’ve gotten too big. Is it too late ...

One of the fastest-growing flowering shrubs, a butterfly bush can easily put on 5 feet or more of new growth in a single season. Learning how and when to prune a butterfly bush can help you keep all ...