Harvesting fresh raspberries from your home garden is a fulfilling experience, and with some thoughtful pruning, you can maximize your harvest. By removing old and diseased canes and thinning out new ...

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If you're hoping for a vibrant garden with lots of blooms this spring, you can prune these 10 plants as early as February. Here's how it makes a difference.

I am getting questions about when to prune raspberries — spring or fall? To be clear, this is not the same thing as getting rid of the canes that produced this year. They are finished and should be ...

Anything on a tree that is dead, diseased or damaged can be cut out any time of the year.

Spring is right around the corner, which means February is your final window to tackle key pruning jobs. From wisteria to ...

The first winter I got brave with pruning, I “tidied up” a lilac on a sunny January afternoon. Come spring, the shrub was covered in lush, healthy leaves… and not a single flower. I’d cut off every ...

For many plants, pruning in late winter can ruin your flower display. But for these summer bloomers, it'll have the opposite effect — here's why.