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

Transforming a rangy, ugly mock orange or dogwood into a thing of beauty is easier than you think. ... Both Watson and Schneider warn against renewal pruning when a shrub is unhealthy or stressed.

A. Mock orange, Philadelphus spp., is a large shrub that flowers April-May. Since the flower buds are produced on the previous year's growth, it's best to prune after the flowering period. Remove ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Gardeners are itching to get out and do something productive in their yards this time of year. Ward Upham, a horticulturist at Kansas State Research and Extension, says one ...

If a shrub flowers in late winter or spring, such as azalea, mock orange and flowering quince, prune after bloom. If they bloom in summer or fall, prune during dormancy in winter. Don't just chop ...

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 ...

Pruning shrubs is a good place to start. Most need annual pruning and are forgiving of mistakes. Shrubs generally lack permanent trunks; instead, they constantly grow new stems near ground level ...

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 ...

Since different shrubs have different needs, pruning them can seem complicated, said Sharon Yiesla, plant knowledge specialist at The Morton Arboretum in Lisle. Ideally, you’d know the species ...