While the rest of your garden is sleeping peacefully under a blanket of snow or damp leaf litter, February is the perfect time to do some outdoor yard work. Deciduous trees enter a period of dormancy ...

View post: 60 Years Ago, Four Words by John Lennon Split America in Two Late winter to early spring is prime time for pruning trees and shrubs. Pruning now allows better visibility, faster healing, ...

The beauty of shrub and tree branches appears when leaves are absent. Take advantage of this time to prune woody plants to prevent crossing and rubbing branches, thin out dense ...

Fast-growing flowering trees add beauty to your landscape, rewarding you with lovely blooms and towering stature in just a ...

Garden maintenance doesn't stop even when it's cold outside and there's snow on the ground. In fact, if you grow fruit trees, the best time to prune them is now, or in very early spring before any new ...

Wait until after the danger of frost has passed to set out frost-tender plants. Historic frost dates: In Zone 8 the last frost date is March 15 and in Zone ...

Most woody plants are dormant through winter, making late winter and early spring the most important pruning window of the year — here's a guide to which plants to prune, and how ...

Ah, the Bradford pear tree is in bloom. It's one of the first, and stinkiest, signs of spring in Oklahoma.The Bradford pear, ...

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Every March, gardeners face the same delightful tension: the urge to get outside and do something, held in check by ...

Pruning roses is an important part of proper maintenance. It encourages full, shapely bushes, increased vigor and more flowers. Major pruning is done twice a year. The first pruning of ...