The official start of spring is March 20, although longtime Oregon gardeners know the real start of the season comes March 22 ...

As the time approaches for seasonal pruning of Salvias, the appropriate care prioritizes treating each type separately. My ...

Which branches — if any — should you be cutting off your young trees? You can't glue the wrong choices back on!

The how to prune is based on what type of plant it is. Does it have one main trunk or multiple stems or trunks (cane producing)? Cane-producing plants like abelia, nandina and butterfly bush should ...

The freeze over the weekend was certainly a deep one. If our turf and landscapes weren’t showing signs of cold damage before, they are now. Especially if we were pushing the limits with some ...

Valentine’s Day brings roses to mind, and for gardeners, that’s a good thing. This holiday serves as a reminder that it’s time to prune many of the roses grown in Louisiana. Pruning between late ...

Pruning roses is an important part of proper maintenance. It encourages full, shapely bushes, increased vigor and more flowers. Major pruning is done twice a year. The first pruning of ...

Pruning is my favorite gardening task by far, and the winter dormant season is a great time to prune trees and shrubs. You can heavily prune overgrown deciduous woody shrubs up until new growth begins ...

PERSONALLY, I AM so grateful for the frosty, cold mornings we have had this last week. The frost is exactly what our trees, bushes, shrubs and orchards needed. With that, let’s continue talking about ...

“Fragrance always stays in the hand that gives the rose.” – George William Curtis Roses have always been a symbol of love, beauty and warm summer days. You may ask me, why are you writing about roses ...

Q: When should I prune my rose bushes? They never really go completely dormant, in that they keep their leaves and occasionally bloom throughout the winter. A: Although roses sometimes don’t go ...