Begin by removing any dead or diseased wood from your lilac bush. This not only enhances air circulation but also helps ...

Foraging a few stems from flowering trees and shrubs is a wonderful way to bring spring indoors when dismal weather curtails ...

Pruning is a tricky, time-consuming activity that can backfire if done wrong. Our lineup has 24 plants that thrive and ...

Is it time to prune yet? It can be, depending on the shrub. Here are some tips that can help determine the best timing for ...

Trimming in early spring removes flower buds and developing flowers. Examples of spring-flowering bushes include azaleas, lilacs, forsythia, rhododendrons, viburnum, and spirea. Wait to trim these ...

Instead, prune your lilacs and other early blooms as soon as they finish flowering in early summer. Like with other early-flowering shrubs, pruning too early can cost you blooms. Just look for dead or ...

You can also propagate lilac from the suckers that often sprout from the base of the plant. Simply dig them up with some roots attached and replant. As the flowers fade towards midsummer, you can ...

Pruning woody plants: Red- and yellow-twig dogwood and shrub willows are prone to canker diseases that infect the branches, causing discolored sunken areas in the bark while ninebark and lilac shrubs ...

I never cease to marvel at plants that look fresh and clean despite a minimum amount of water, if any, needed for their care.

"After flowering, deciduous shrubs like hydrangeas, forsythia, and lilacs have bloomed, you should cut back up to 25% of the plant, leaving at least 75% remaining," he advises. "Flowering trees ...