It's about the time of year when perennials are in full bloom once more—but these plants can still use a bit of maintenance. Cutting back will help your perennials really shine by stimulating new ...

Around spring, after the evergreen shrub has bloomed, cut back dead, damaged, caterpillar-infested, or crossing stems to ...

Pruning is an important task to help ensure plant health and keep the perennial garden thriving. In my work as a professional gardener, I try to observe the recommended guidelines for pruning shrubs ...

I prefer to leave perennials up for winter interest in my garden at home and then cut them back in spring. The spring gardening season is very busy for me and there have been some years when I did not ...

Do you know what a secateur is? I encountered the word a few years ago in a magazine featuring Martha Stewart, who was describing the fine points of the secateur she was marketing. A secateur is ...