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If you want a lush garden full of growth this spring and summer, there are some important jobs you need to do now.

Just like beauty, what constitutes a weed is most certainly in the eye of the beholder. As a weed is defined as a plant growing outside of its desired location, what plants you consider weeds may ...

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The first week of March may roar in with cold weather but the soft bleating of opening buds will be waiting at the end of this month. The challenge is how to start the early spring garden chores such ...

Perennials with pests or diseases, or those you don't want to self-sow should be cut back in fall. Leaving perennials standing insulates them against the cold and provides food for birds. Woody plants ...

Question: Lots of shoots are growing from the base and among the limbs of a tree form crape myrtle. Can I remove these to allow yard work? Answer: Do the needed pruning to make your crape myrtle more ...

Get Neil Sperry's gardening answers on yellow butterfly vine propagation, pruning figs and abelias, fertilizing winter ...

Pruning and trimming are both ways to grow healthier, more beautiful plants. But although these two strategies are similar—cutting away leaves, branches, or other plant parts—they should be used at ...

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