Maintain the look of your formal shrubs by keeping them nice and tidy. Here are a few tips and tricks for pruning evergreen shrubs. Maintain the look of your formal shrubs by keeping them nice and ...

We've all seen those scraggly, lopsided, or overgrown evergreens looking like a hot mess in the landscape. Once an evergreen reaches that point, it can be a real challenge to correct the problem. But ...

When you’re outdoors pruning bare-branched trees and shrubs in winter, it may seem obvious to prune the evergreens too. That’s not a good idea, according to Julie Janoski, Plant Clinic manager at The ...

Help your hedges thrive by trimming or pruning at the right time. A hedge is a dense planting of shrubs or small trees that form a natural fence around an area, offering a beautiful way to add privacy ...

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 ...

Evergreen cutting time. June is the ideal month to trim or cut back overgrown evergreens, especially those being used as hedges or in screen plantings along property lines. Some species tolerate heavy ...

Prune shrubs in fall only after frost when they’ve gone dormant. Avoid heavy cuts early since fall pruning triggers new growth. Thin crowded or open shrubs to improve airflow and prevent winter damage ...

Before plants leaf out for the spring, it’s a good idea to take some time for maintenance tasks in the garden. Here are two important items to put on your to-do list: pruning and fertilizing your ...

Evergreen trees and shrubs are important features in our landscapes, but when it comes to pruning they are often misunderstood. Evergreens have specific needs and suffer when pruned poorly. There are ...

Keep in mind that junipers, arborvitae, chamaecyparis, hemlocks, pines, spruce, and firs typically do not have live buds on old wood. Therefore, pruning to control shape or size should be light and ...

Avoid trimming hedges in late summer or early fall, as this can harm new growth before winter. Freshly cut hedges are more vulnerable to cold temperatures, which can lead to dieback and other issues.