While many will be retreating indoors as the weather turns cold, there is a quick and easy gardening task that can be done in ...

Pruning is an important job that you need to complete during October, according to a gardening expert - as there are several ...

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Maintenance pruning includes light shaping; removal of suckers or watersprouts or removal of rubbing branches. Non-blooming trees and summer flowering shrubs -- beautyberry, potentilla ...

Plants feel pain, say scientists. Every stroke of those pruning shears could have the ... a 'bubbling' sound from a healthy plant. But this rose to a piercing screech when it was under threat.

With the dormant season fast approaching, there are numerous plants in the garden that will benefit from a good prune, say experts. For roses situated in particularly windy or exposed locations ...

A gardening expert has advised that October is the ideal time to prune roses, shrubs, and fruit trees to enhance their shape. Gardener Fiona Jenkins suggested that these plants should be trimmed ...

Your yard is, like mine, likely a bit of a mess by now. Crop your overgrown berry vines, prune your berry shrubs. Weed, obviously, and get a last trim on your lawn whether it’s a traditional or ...

Some of the newer selections may be a bit more compact but the best way to reduce plant size and thicken growth is with a late-winter pruning. Shrubs of American beautyberry can be cut way back to ...

When it comes to shrubs, look for the brilliant red burning ... and the other one has grown into a tree taller than our house. Can I prune back the tall tree so it can look more like the smaller ...

If you prune your roses in winter, they will be less likely to bloom the following spring. 2. Shrubs Gardeners can prune any deciduous shrubs that have finished flowering now too. When pruning ...