While some people enjoy the wild, untamed look of shrubs and hedges, many gardeners prefer to keep them neatly trimmed. Consistent pruning is important, but if you're growing evergreen plants for ...

Boxwood is a popular staple in formal gardens, where it acts as a border and lines walkways. In more contemporary landscapes, gardeners trim boxwood into shapes, including orbs, cones, and, in some ...

Master the art of shaping your evergreen shrub. Boxwood is an incredibly versatile and low-maintenance evergreen shrub that can transform your yard into a year-round focal point. Its rich greenery ...

Boxwoods are hardy evergreen shrubs that are valuable for forming borders for driveways and walkways for formal and contemporary homes. Learn when to trim boxwoods and how best to do it for a neat, ...

After our colder winter months, it’s time to start thinking about pruning the shrubs in the yard and remove any cold damage.

Q • I wasn’t able to prune my boxwoods, yews and burning bushes this summer, and they’ve gotten too big. Is it too late to prune them now? Write to the Missouri Botanical Garden's Center for Home ...

As summer turns to fall, the list of jobs to do in the garden often doesn’t feel like it gets any smaller. Understandably, some things do fall to the wayside, including pruning, but September can ...

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 ...

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 ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Boxwood Q • Can I still prune my boxwoods now? Since we’re about to head into September, it is not advisable to prune boxwoods at ...