This arrangement by Pistil & Stamen features camellias, magnolia foliage, loropetalum, flowering red maple branches and fern frond in a gold urn. (Photo by Chris Granger, Nola.com | The Times-Picayune ...

Pruning in February can stress dormant shrubs or removing potential blooms for certain species. Don't prune gardenias, certain types of hydrangeas, loropetalum, evergreens, or pieris. As an exception, ...

Loropetalum are so easy to grow, you can practically plant them and forget them. But you won't, because these shrubs with white, pink, creamy white, or reddish-purple blooms, also called Chinese ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. pink flowers and dark foliage of a loropetalum shrub in bloom in spring Loropetalum, sometimes known as Chinese fringe flower, is ...

Q: May we prune our two huge loropetalum bushes severely? They are enormous and I'm ready to have them be short and low to ground. Shelley Medders, Calhoun A: Different loropetalum varieties vary ...

Don’t prune loropetalum. Like azaleas, pruning now will remove most of the spring flowers. igaguri_1 Getty Images/iStockphoto Now is the time to apply a pre-emergent to your lawn. Don’t prune ...

The mindset of many gardeners turns to tidying up their space in the fall. While pruning and cutting back can make a difference, there are some plants I advise not trimming this month, as they are ...

After a summer of growth, you may be ready to bring out those loppers and that new handheld tiny chainsaw pruner this fall and give your shrubs a haircut. But if you want healthy shrubs and some ...

Although there are some shrubs you can (and should) prune in winter, pruning certain types of shrubs around February can stress them when they're dormant or remove buds that will eventually bloom.