If you would like to add spring-flowering trees to your landscape, January and February are excellent months to plant them.

As winter wanes and the promise of spring approaches, February emerges as a crucial month for gardeners eager to prepare ...

There are so many jobs to do in your yard to prepare for spring that it’s easy to run out of time before they are all completed. However, certain jobs, like pruning roses, must be done at the right ...

Timing your pruning just right can help your roses thrive and bloom for longer - but when is best to give them the chop?

As we enter the waning days of summer, many of our plants are just plain tired after enduring months of heat — and they’re showing it. Roses are no exception. They tend to get a bit leggy and ...

Expert gardener reveals how doing an easy task to climbing roses now can help encourage bigger, healthier blooms later this ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... There’s good news for lazy gardeners this year: You don’t have to prune your rose bushes. After all, no one takes care of all those roses that have been ...

Don Kinzler answers questions about the best time to prune a rose bush and cross-pollination. He also gives a reader a recommendation for an evergreen tree that won't grow taller than 25 feet ...

Roses have grown wild and beautiful for thousands of years without benefit of pruning. But you want to prune them so they have a chance to rejuvenate every year and produce a more lovely show. Pruning ...

The basics of rose pruning are science based. Once learned, these basics require a fair amount of time and labor. Additionally, a certain degree of artistry is required. The resulting beautiful ...

Pruning climbing roses is very different from pruning bush roses. For one thing, we rarely cut them back hard the way we do bush roses. That would defeat the purpose of planting a climbing rose — to ...

Q: I purchased a house this past summer with several rose bushes in the backyard. I know it’s time to prune them, but I’m intimidated by the idea of pruning them. Can you tell me how to get started ...