If you would like to add spring-flowering trees to your landscape, January and February are excellent months to plant them.

The rose has once again been voted the world’s favorite flower, and not just for Valetine’s Day bouquets. Rose bushes are an unmatched feature in landscapes and perennial flowerbeds, and with the ...

Hey gardeners! Valentine’s day is close at hand…and so is spring! The weather has moderated a bit and become a little more spring-like and who knows, maybe our final round of cold weather has passed.

Also, most pruning of climbing roses is done in early to midsummer after the spring/early summer bloom. How we train them is another difference between bush and climbing roses. By simply pruning them ...

Don Kinzler answers questions about the best time to prune a rose bush and cross-pollination. He also gives a reader a recommendation for an evergreen tree that won't grow taller than 25 feet ...

— Ralph Ridgeway Pruning climbing roses is very different from pruning bush roses. For one thing, we rarely cut them back hard the way we do bush roses. That would defeat the purpose of planting a ...

Pruning rose bushes is a process that intimidates many otherwise confident gardeners. The problem arises, I think, from the kind of advice that is commonly offered by rose enthusiasts, "rosarians." ...

Pruning rose bushes can be intimidating, but the process is essential to keeping the plant healthy and growing. Have some confidence knowing that it’s hard to kill a rose by over-pruning. Pruning rose ...

Many plants—including perennial shrubs, bushes, and trees—should be pruned in late winter to ensure they’re healthy and able to thrive once the cold weather passes. We consulted with gardening experts ...

Timing your pruning just right can help your roses thrive and bloom for longer - but when is best to give them the chop?