Pruning is a popular winter gardening task, but we thought we'd take a look at the plants you should never prune in December ...

Pruning trees in winter is an important part of garden care, especially for crops such as apple trees, pears, cherries ...

Our gardens can seem inhospitable places during the depths of winter; light levels are at their lowest point, and there’s ...

Winter might feel like a time for your garden to rest, but it’s actually the perfect season to get stuck into some hard ...

Gardening is a year-round activity and even in the winter there are key tasks that can be carried out, with some plants going ...

You can trim the bushes to shape them from March through July, but O’Malley warns most pruning should stop by August. After shaping, the tender new growth can be injured by the coming winter. But ...

A second prune may only be necessary if you are growing barberry as hedging plants to keep them neat and formal. Deciduous types of barberry are best pruned during dormancy from late winter to early ...

Gardenias can be sensitive to extended frosts and benefit from proper overwinter care. Follow these expert tips to protect ...

Pruning fruit trees in late winter during the dormant season can promote rampant upright “water sprout” growth, which might ...

If your tree or shrub flowers before June 1, prune it immediately after flowering. If your shrub or tree blooms after June 1, prune it the following year, in late winter or early spring, before new ...