Should you prune evergreens in winter? Find out from a professional arborist if winter is the best time to prune evergreens.

Actually, there aren’t any shrubs that really require trimming. They get by without it in the wild, after all. As Alan Titchmarsh notes in “How to Garden: Flowering Shrubs,” “Many gardeners struggle ...

Columnist Robin Trott talks about why winter pruning works on certain trees and shrubs and why it doesn't on some flowers.

We've all seen those scraggly, lopsided, or overgrown evergreens looking like a hot mess in the landscape. Once an evergreen reaches that point, it can be a real challenge to correct the problem. But ...

Q: Can I trim and shape my globe evergreen bushes and if so, can I do it this spring? They’ve been in place a number of years and do have dead branches inside. What would you suggest for trimming back ...

The next few weeks are some of the year’s best for pruning landscape plants – mainly woody-stemmed ones that already have bloomed for the year, as well as most needled evergreens. Spring-blooming ...

Though cold January offers little to do in the garden, some plants still appreciate a little love and care before spring ...

Pruning maple trees, birches, and willows in winter is not recommended because they are prone to excessive sap running from ...

Editor’s note: Throughout the growing season, Mike Hogan, OSU Extension educator for Agriculture and Natural Resources in Franklin County, will answer gardening and home landscape questions submitted ...

Without trees, the world as we know it would not exist. This is a lesson we all were taught in elementary school. I remember ...

Before plants leaf out for the spring, it’s a good idea to take some time for maintenance tasks in the garden. Here are two important items to put on your to-do list: pruning and fertilizing your ...