After many years working as a professional gardener, these are my go-to plants to prune in July, for a thriving yard in the ...

Your landscape and flower gardens are full of summer blooms. Now it’s time to prune those spring-flowering plants.

Key TakeawaysIt is not necessary to prune back your hydrangeas once the flowers die, but it also won’t hurt.Blooms may be ...

Pruning shrubs is always a stress-inducing topic for home gardeners. Well, at least it is if you know there are best ...

It is time to think ahead to later in the season though, and a little extra sowing now will prove useful in keeping vegetable ...

If you prune forsythia plants in summer or fall, you’ll likely remove flower buds and reduce the amount of flowers that appear next year. You can prune damaged branches whenever needed, but ...

Natalie Carmolli, a public relations specialist with Proven Winners ColorChoice Shrubs, says late spring to early summer is the perfect time to prune certain flowering plants, to remove spent flowers, ...

For many gardeners across zones, forsythia is the first sign of spring. While the vibrant yellow branches are whimsical and magical when they bloom, they tend to look unruly once the buds have dropped ...

Lifestyle Diarmuid Gavin 02:00, 14 Jun 2025 Diarmund Gavin urges gardeners to prune forsythia shrubs after they've stopped flowering (Image: Getty) ...

If you have a forsythia, prune it now. Forsythia blooms on last year’s growth. To get it to bloom next year you need to take up to two-thirds of its overall growth off now.

The time to prune spring-blooming shrubs such as forsythia, lilacs and this fragrant viburnum in within a six- or eight-week window after they bloom. If you wait too long, you will be cutting off ...