As the snow falls, trees and shrubs in your landscape can suffer. Here are some tips to help prevent damage to your plants.

Pruning maple trees, birches, and willows in winter is not recommended because they are prone to excessive sap running from ...

Winter gardens often get a bad rap. Snow, frost, and bare branches usually scream “dormant” rather than “dramatic.” But for some shrubs, winter is their time to shine. While most plants retreat into ...

Although late winter is generally the ideal time for pruning chores, many of our spring-blooming shrubs are best pruned immediately after flowers have faded. Trees and shrubs that bloom in early ...

During the past several weeks we have enjoyed the colorful show created by all the spring flowering shrubs. Everyone enjoys these spring blooms because they truly lift our spirits, delivering spring ...

The Japanese barberry shrub is known as an invasive plant throughout the United States. Some states have banned it and ...

Midwinter is a good time to prune deciduous shrubs because it’s easy to see the structure and judge which branches to remove.

Flowering shrubs can bring color, interest and fragrance to your garden even after the spring-blooming forsythia, viburnums and lilacs have had their day. “There doesn’t need to be a lull until the ...

It used to be that everything came in “supersize” — from extra-large boxes of cereal to cars the size of whales to homes on half-acre lots, and more. Today, of course, it seems like everything is ...

Order trees from Winnebago County’s annual sale by Feb. 25. Choose evergreens, shade trees, shrubs, and specialty packs.