Climbing roses need to be pruned in late winter/early spring to maintain their vigour and produce an abundance of blooms, but knowing exactly when to prune a climbing rose is cri ...

Courage and few sharp tools are all you need to prune roses: a by-pass hand pruner, by-pass lopper, a small saw, gloves, ...

Southern gardeners now have access to a broader selection of easy-care roses than ever. Widely available through nurseries and mail order and specifically developed for heavy, repeated bloom and easy ...

Q I have a Christmas cactus that I have had for several years. It bloomed the first year I got it and has never bloomed since ...

Do you want to enjoy the beauty of plentiful rose blooms? These are common mistakes that could be preventing your plants from ...

Pruning is essential if gardeners want to get the most out of their roses once winter is over. A rose bush will survive without an annual pruning during its dormant period. It will, however ...

Pruning roses ensures that the plants flower well each year and is an especially important task if you have climbing roses.

Azaleas are hardy here, and so are likely to survive the recent freeze. Wait until spring, when new growth emerges, to prune ...

For summer flowering shrubs, late winter/early spring, before green up begins, is the best time to prune for them to look ...

While many roses benefit from a hard pruning in late winter or early spring, other beautiful rose varieties require no pruning at all. Still others, like spring-blooming climbers, should not be pruned ...

Pruning is the selective removal of specific plant parts for the benefit of the whole plant. Some reasons to prune are to train a plant, maintain plant health, improve the quality of flowers, fruits ...