That’s right: A well-pruned landscape will look natural. “Good pruning is essentially invisible,” the guide says. If you must continually remove a lot of dead wood or trim shrubs that grow at a high ...
Winter may seem like an odd time to head out with your pruners, but it's actually the ideal season for many trees and shrubs. With the leaves gone and branches exposed, you can clearly see the ...
I learned this the hard way once, watching frost nip tender shoots on a Japanese barberry I’d trimmed too late.’ Any large-scale renovation pruning of barberry shrubs should be done during dormancy.
Small flowering trees or large flowering shrubs often benefit from deadheading — removing faded flowers after they bloom. Promotes fruiting: Fruiting trees should be pruned to maximize the health of ...