This undated photo shows clove currant, a fruiting shrub, being pruned in New Paltz, N.Y. Lopping some of the oldest stems to ground level each winter makes room for more fruitful young stems. (Lee ...

When you garden, you must follow nature's clock. While the warmth of summer may inspire the wielding of pruning shears, not all plants will appreciate the act and effort, no matter how delayed their ...

Don’t prune your forsythia, lilac or mock orange yet. Anything you cut off now will result in that much less of a flower show this spring. Except for these and many other spring-flowering shrubs, ...

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