Overgrown evergreen trees and shrubs can detract from the beauty of your landscape, but with regular pruning throughout the year, they will remain tidy and beautiful for years to come. Learning how to ...

Shrubs never stay the way they look when you first plant them. Many popular landscape shrubs grow a foot or two a year, quickly overtaking everything around them. Before you know it, they're blocking ...

In addition to focusing on trees and shrubs with dead or damaged areas, prioritize pruning overgrown and fast-growing evergreens in your yard. Aim to keep each plant's natural shape intact, unless you ...

I prune plants that are overgrown very aggressively. Most gardeners hesitate to prune aggressively enough to get good results. Overgrown plants have little value in your garden, so don’t be afraid to ...

Pruning decisions should be based on local weather and plant dormancy, not the calendar. Identify if a shrub blooms on old or new wood to determine the correct pruning time. Shrubs that bloom on new ...

Pruning is my favorite gardening task by far. I prune plants that have gotten overgrown very aggressively, and I suspect that will be the best approach for you, too. Most gardeners are hesitant to ...

After our colder winter months, it’s time to start thinking about pruning the shrubs in the yard and remove any cold damage or just to renovate, reduce size and prepare them for the summer growing ...