I hope that you enjoyed the recent rains and have prepared for the downpour. Did you cover or bring in your most valuable plants during the cold weather? Except for deciduous bushes and trees, do not ...

04:00, Thu, Feb 15, 2024 Updated: 13:22, Mon, Feb 19, 2024 During the winter months, gardening tasks can easily be forgotten until the days get longer and temperatures improve. However, there are ...

I had a wonderful opportunity to travel to New England in October to see the magnificent fall color up there. Fall color is not nearly as plentiful or brilliant this far south, due to our climate, but ...

Q: I'd like to start a new variegated weigela from a cutting off of a friend's plant. What's the best way to take a piece for regrowing? Would the same principle be valid for all deciduous bushes, ...

Winter pruning and trimming is a lot easier if you spread the work over our short two-month dormant season which begins in late November and ends in late January. Most deciduous trees and bushes can ...

Last week’s column described basic techniques for pruning small deciduous trees and bushes for home gardeners. Pruning larger landscape or fruit and nut trees is not a job for the home gardener with ...

Deciduous forests have been threatened by logging and agricultural expansion, but there are ways to restore them to their original condition, either actively or passively. The main disturbances that ...

Barberry, the common name for berberis, are versatile deciduous or evergreen shrubs renowned for their foliage, flowers, berries, and sharp spikes. There are hundreds of different shrubs within the ...

Question: I have two gorgeous, big burning bushes in my yard that are really, really in need of trimming. I don’t want to trim before they put on their autumn show, but I need to know when is the best ...

The Herkimer County Soil and Water Conservation District is taking orders for trees and shrubs through Monday, March 25. Available for planning are low-cost bare root evergreen seedlings and ...

I hope that you covered or brought in your most valuable plants during the freeze the last two weeks. Except for deciduous bushes and trees, do not prune until after March 15 at the earliest. Do not ...