Pruning is essential to garden maintenance, and knowing the right approach will ensure that your prized plants remain healthy ...

Various pruning tools lying across the border between the lawn and a concrete driveway or pathway. - Hanna Taniukevich/Getty Images For gardeners, spring tasks are fast-moving targets. The chores on ...

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One task that home gardeners can spend a lot of time on is pruning their shrubs. There are four reasons that you might engage in this task: to affect flower or fruit production; to direct the growth ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pruning plants while they are dormant reduces stress and encourages healthy growth. (Getty Images) Along with mowing the lawn at ...

Green and black handled hedge trimmers on top of a stone path with shrub clippings. - Alice Foster/Getty Images It happens to all of us. The calendar still says it's winter, but you feel the itch to ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... As we enter autumn, the transition from summer to winter, gardeners should plan on cutting back their spent perennials. This column focuses on seasonal ...

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 ...

Pruning is my favorite gardening task by far. I prune plants that have gotten overgrown very aggressively, and I suspect that will be the best approach for you, too. Most gardeners are hesitant to ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... January is a highly beneficial time to prune trees and shrubs because this is the dormant period for many plants in coastal California. This column provides ...

Along with mowing the lawn at the right time, laying down mulch and tackling weeds, pruning is a spring garden task on many to-do lists. Pruning at the right moment can encourage stronger growth, ...