Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. white spirea flowers Spirea, or spiraea, are popular perennial shrubs with pretty blooms in spring and summer. They're generally ...

If you have an overgrown forsythia or spiraea shrub and have been meaning to do something about it, now is the time to take action! Deciduous shrubs that are straggly, overgrown or just plain ugly can ...

Timing the pruning of your plants right is vital to their health. These are the flowering vines and lush bushes you should be ...

The next few weeks are some of the year’s best for pruning landscape plants – mainly woody-stemmed ones that already have bloomed for the year, as well as most needled evergreens. Spring-blooming ...

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 ...

Pruning is often necessary for plants to stay tidy and healthy, but if you strongly dislike it or prefer something that ...

Tired of worrying you'll snip off next year's blooms? These four no-prune shrubs promise clouds of flowers in UK gardens, ...

Spirea (Spiraea spp.) is a shrub that's hardy in USDA Zones 4 to 8, though some of them can tolerate a wider range of regions. There are several varieties, and depending on which one you get, they can ...

Shoe button spirea is another favorite shrub in my yard. Right now it is still in its last stages of a simply gorgeous bloom cycle. Other names it may be called are bridal wreath spirea or popcorn ...

Pruning is something many homeowners believe they need to do to shrubs and trees in the fall. However, most pruning should really be done in the early spring and summer. For fall, focus on taking off ...