Here's a garden expert's advice on how and when you should prune lilac bushes to enjoy fragrant spring flowers.

Thought you were all done with gardening chores for the winter? Not so fast. Now is the perfect time to prune your trees and ...

Pruning roses ensures that the plants flower well each year and is an especially important task if you have climbing roses.

The main technique for reducing the size of an overgrown deciduous shrub is called heading back. Heading cuts are intended to ...

February is an ideal time to prune because the garden is waking up, and as the new growth comes through, it can be hard to ...

Winter is a great time to prune trees and shrubs — it’s by far my favorite gardening task and plays a key role in maintaining a great looking garden. Overgrown deciduous woody shrubs can be ...

Be aware of buds. Spring-flowering shrubs such as forsythia, lilac and flowering quince have already formed next year’s flower buds. If you prune them in winter, you will be reducing the spring ...