A guide to plants to never prune in July, including spring- and summer-flowering shrubs, trees at risk of disease, and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Q: I need to prune an arborvitae hedge because it is too tall. I’d like to remove 3 or 4 feet off the top of these shrubs. When is ...

While there are many trees in the garden that can be pruned as early as December, general practice dictates that pruning in January is optimal. That is because in January, you are almost guaranteed ...

End of winter is the best time of year to prune shrubs that flower later in the growing season, i.e. from mid-June and after. The reason is that later-flowering shrubs bloom on “new wood.” This means ...

Arborvitae grows either as a tree or a shrub, depending on the variety. The height ranges from 2 to 60 feet, with many dwarf cultivars available. Arborvitae trees offer year-round interest and grow ...

Extended summer is over. Fall is definitely here and there’s plenty to do in the garden. You may have questions. For answers, turn to Ask an Expert, an online question-and-answer tool from Oregon ...

Q.: The school where I work is having spring clean up and we need some advice on redbuds and arborvitae. The redbuds started out as trees but damage and previous pruning has made them resemble ...