Blueberry bushes need pruning to encourage new growth that produces bigger fruit. Follow these tips for removing old, weak, ...

Spring is the best time to prune butterfly bushes. Pruning in the late fall or winter leaves them susceptible to frost damage. Wait until the spring to do a hard prune (pruning it back to one foot ...

Along with weeding, mowing, and regularly tending to your garden and flower beds, pruning is another mandatory task and one of the avoidable errors that'll save your blackberries. Pruning can help ...

Question: I have two gorgeous, big burning bushes in my yard that are really, really in need of trimming. I don’t want to trim before they put on their autumn show, but I need to know when is the best ...

Q: We have some lovely butterfly bushes that are getting too big for their space. When is the best month to prune them back?Letty Konenkamp, Greene County A: Butterfly bush responds very well to ...

Mike will appear on Saturday, Feb. 23 and Sunday, Feb. 24 at the Capital Home & Remodel Show at the Dulles Expo Canter in Chantilly, Virginia. Terry in North Potomac writes: “Is now a good time to cut ...

Question: My blueberry bushes are old and have grown more than 10 feet tall. When can I prune them and how much? Answer: Immediately after fruiting, which is about now, is the time to do needed ...

“However, some trees are considered rare or endangered, and therefore protected under State law. If the tree (or shrub, bush ...

Fall brings out my outdoor neat freak. I feel an intense need to get things buttoned up in the yard before the cold hits. After the annuals and vegetables have come down, I find my eyes wandering to ...

My roses apparently didn’t notice that winter happened. Should I prune them back anyway? Early February is the time when roses get pruned back. It’s an annual ritual that cleans out the roses, gives ...