If some warmer days have you ready to be outside, one of the things on your to-do list should be pruning deciduous shrubs. It isn’t difficult if you follow a few rules of thumb. Start by determining ...

A. Mock orange (Philadelphus species) bloom on old wood (the growth it put on this past season), and as such, should not be pruned until immediately after it blooms next spring. At that time, you can ...

Azaleas should be pruned lightly after they bloom in spring. (Lynn Ketchum) Every gardener owns a pair of clippers, but not everyone knows how to use them for the daunting job of pruning shrubs.

Spring is here. And homeowners are itching to get out in the yard and do something productive. Ward Upham, a horticulturist at Kansas State Research and Extension, says one chore that homeowners can ...

As we start to get a taste of some nice weather gardeners are often eager to get out and do something in the landscape this time of year. One chore that can be taken care of now is pruning certain ...

Mock Orange, Philadelphus, is an old-fashioned, fragrant, spring-blooming shrub. It’s large — it can grow to nine feet — easy-to-grow and produces thousands of blooms that smell like orange blossoms, ...

Dear Carol: We're in our second summer at our home, and again the two mock orange shrubs that came with the house have been completely devastated. Last year we were so busy I didn't get a chance to ...