Pruning is an essential task that every gardener will perform regularly, but when it comes to proper pruning, there are ...

A volunteer trumpet vine can overrun your lilac. Learn careful, step-by-step ways to remove it without harming your shrub.

PERSONALLY, I AM so grateful for the frosty, cold mornings we have had this last week. The frost is exactly what our trees, ...

SPOKANE, Wash. - As organizers prepare for Spokane's annual Lilac Parade, they are dealing with unwelcome changes that may impact what parade-goers can see and do.

In May, high winds blew down the center trunk of the maple tree shown in the photo. The tree is still alive and had full ...

Alternating canes pruning eliminates old and deteriorated growth to promote younger and more vigorous growth which should be ...

Here’s what you do and don’t need to do in your garden during winter, including the tasks that protect plants now—and the ...

Spring is so far away, but we can still dream of it! One of my favorite spring flowering shrubs are lilacs — they smell like ...

Winter pruning takes advantage of the plant’s dormancy. With sap flow slowed and leaves gone, structural flaws are easy to ...

One of the questions I get asked a lot is what to do after a heavy snowfall that may be weighing down branches on shrubs or ...

Spring is so far away, but we can still dream of it! One of my favorite spring flowering shrubs are lilacs. They smell like ...

Pruning maple trees, birches, and willows in winter is not recommended because they are prone to excessive sap running from ...