Many factors determine the overall health and vigor of our landscape plants, but an important one that is and sometimes ...

Each year in winter, gardeners get out their shears to trim their plants in preparation for the coming spring. Pruning is a vital part of plant care — for most trees and shrubs, at least. However, not ...

Butterfly Bush is one of those shrubs that gets the best of a lot of us. We never can truly anticipate just how huge they can get over the course of a season! So in this video I clearly demonstrate ...

Q: I moved into a new house that has a grapevine. I’ve never had a grapevine before. Should I prune the vine? What could I use the leaves for? A: You do not have to prune your grapevine, but annual ...

As homeowners and DIYers head into the fall season, trimming and pruning overgrown branches becomes one of the most common weekend projects, as long as you can squeeze it in between all the raking and ...

Is it now OK to take salvia out of one bed and put them in another? Can I add porterweed to a flowerbed at this time? — Barbara You may try and move the salvias now, although it would be better to ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- The city of Houston still hasn't fully cleared what once was an overgrown lot, which a resident says has become an eyesore for the Sunnyside neighborhood. This is in Sunnyside ...

Karen is a writer and editor with more than 25 years of print and digital media experience working in newspapers, educational publishing, marketing, nonprofits, and magazines. Once October hits, you ...

I have several overgrown azalea bushes and want to rejuvenate them. Is it too late to cut them back now? I do realize I would lose the spring flowers, but I’m afraid the overgrown condition of the ...