Ever looked out at your garden in winter and wondered if you should bother with pruning? It can feel odd to fuss over plants that seem lifeless, but this is actually a smart season for some hands-on ...

Pruning your pear tree regularly not only increases your fruit yield and protects the plant from disease, it's also necessary for structural support.

Winter pruning isn't just about cleanup. Some plants respond best to December cuts, shaping how they grow, bloom, and recover ...

Pruning your fruit trees is an important step to making sure they stay healthy and produce good fruit, but pruning too early ...

Unfortunately they often prune plants that should not be pruned. Flowering shrubs such as lilac, azalea and rhododendron set their flower buds in the late summer and fall. If pruned in the winter many ...

Pruning is an important task to perform throughout the year, but there are certain plants that should not be pruned in winter.

So send the family out on a walk, sit undisturbed by the fireplace with a mince pie to hand, and dedicate about an hour or so to some gardener’s thinking time. Then take a mug of tea, pull on your ...

Mix permanent herb plants like bay, rosemary, oregano, thyme, marjoram and sage with waterwise ornamental plants, in full sun beds. To harvest greens like lettuce, kale, spinach, bok choy and tatsoi, ...

Winter is a busy time for Sissinghurst's gardening team. Here's what tasks they undertake when plants are dormant – and what ...

Master Gardener Volunteers of Clark County have a service project each year that involves cutting evergreens and other plants to be used in making holiday door swags. These swags are then delivered to ...

If oak trees need pruning, trimming, or removal, the DNR advises to plan those activities for the winter months when possible ...