Cutting back shrubs keeps precious plants healthy, looking neat, and putting on a fantastic annual display of flowers.

The easiest way to propagate woody plants like dogwood, forsythia, hydrangea, rhododendron, viburnum and others is by taking ...

A favorite for container gardens and cut-flower beds, panicle and smooth hydrangeas are next on the list of plants ready for a fresh pre-fall trim. "Pruning panicle and smooth hydrangeas in fall ...

Cut close to buds, but not into them, and always above. Early pruning helps establish a shapely shrub with vigorous, balanced growth. Most evergreen shrubs do not need thinning or formative pruning.