Winter offers a perfect window to accomplish a variety of important tasks around the garden. There's much work to be done ahead of spring: clearing debris, picking out seeds, and, of course, pruning.

Trimming your hedges, like mowing the lawn and pruning your trees, is essential household maintenance. Left to their own devices, your hedges and bushes will turn from sharp lawn fixtures to overgrown ...

It’s a bad sign for the health of your shrubs if they are leafing out sparsely now and there is no new growth at the base. If the top of a shrub is thin and there is substantial new growth at the base ...

Fences make good neighbors and so do hedges ... as long as they are done well. Hedges are the workhorses of the suburban garden. They define space. As superstars of the backdrop, they set the mood and ...

Thoughtful pruning promotes health and adds grace to your plantings. Many of us are unsure if or how to prune (or do so reflexively), shearing any plant flat when it grows out of bounds. Improper ...

Our in-depth guide to plants to prune in July, including early-flowering shrubs, perennials and annuals in flower beds, ...