A guide to plants to prune in February, as an experienced horticulturist highlights seven shrubs, climbers, and perennial ...

Prune these in winter: Birch trees, willows, maples, fruit trees, some hydrangeas, shrub hibiscus, twig dogwoods, shade trees and ornamental grasses. Trees that ooze sap during the spring are best ...

A flowering houseplant can look like simple color on a windowsill, then suddenly it becomes the room’s loudest shape. Big leaves, glossy surfaces, and repeated blooms pull the eye and shrink the sense ...

Nothing beats the satisfaction of having a nice cup of tea  – except maybe sipping a custom blend you grew and harvested from your very own garden. The Peninsula is suitable for cultivating many ...

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.

Rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus) is a stalwart in the garden. These long lived flowering shrubs may not be the showiest plants, but they are incredibly easy to grow and very robust. They are so ...

Is this a good time to do pruning when there isn’t much other landscape work to be done? Professional landscapers use this time to do a lot of pruning. Unfortunately they often prune plants that ...

Question: We are trying to stretch our gardening dollars. How far apart can we plant our fall petunias in flower beds? How many petunias do we place in a hanging basket? Answer: Most petunias can ...

WASHINGTON — Hydrangeas are a summertime staple across the DMV — but once the weather cools down, many homeowners start wondering whether they should trim them back before winter. The answer depends ...

Q: When should I prune my roses? They never go completely dormant in the winter. In Southern California, we don’t experience winter like the rest of the country. Most gardening guides will tell you to ...

Fall lawn care should include aerating, fertilizing and mulching leaves into the grass. Avoid significant tree pruning in the fall, but continue to water trees and shrubs during dry periods. October ...

LET’S REVIEW A perfect and a little-known method which is totally appropriate now in the month of October. I have numerous times explained, and rightly so, how pruning at the wrong time of year can ...