Spirea, or spiraea, are popular perennial shrubs with pretty blooms in spring and summer. They're generally low-maintenance, but now and again, these plants benefit from a prune. Spirea tend to get ...

End of winter is the best time of year to prune shrubs that flower later in the growing season, i.e. from mid-June and after. The reason is that later-flowering shrubs bloom on “new wood.” This means ...

There’s a special kind of chaos that happens in your garden when fall fades and winter looms—leaves crunch underfoot, ...

IT MIGHT STILL feel like winter, but before we know it, spring will be here. Right now, in mid-February, before new growth starts, is a great time to prune many of the earlier-flowering perennials. It ...

You probably won't kill off the landscape by pruning your plants at the wrong time or in the wrong way, but you could do some lasting damage. The specifics of trimming depend on two key issues - the ...

Spring bloom are here, so there is no time like now to window shop in the neighborhood for spring blooming ideas. Bridal wreath spirea (Spiraea prunifolia) is a shrub that should never be pruned into ...

Key Points Clean leaves early while they’re dry—wet piles get heavy, moldy, and hard to remove.Use tools like rakes, tarps, blowers, or mulchers to move, shred, and repurpose leaves ...

Old-fashioned shrubs need love, too. Lilacs and bridal-wreath spireas have been around for a century, but neither are native to the Americas. Spirea and some lilacs are natives of China. Lilacs are ...

Five garden plants that need pruning now for ‘more blooms’ and ‘healthier growth’ Pruning is the art of removing parts of a plant to improve the plant's structure, health, and appearance. It's a vital ...