When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Getty Images/Minh Hoang Cong / 500px A snowball bush is a common name for a snowball ...

For some varieties, it’s the scent. Choose well and in almost every month of the year your garden will be filled with ...

One task that home gardeners can spend a lot of time on is pruning their shrubs. There are four reasons that you might engage in this task: to affect flower or fruit production; to direct the growth ...

Pruning is a necessary but often tedious task for gardeners. Getting the timing right is essential for many plants, and viburnums are a great example. With over 150 species, viburnums (Viburnum spp.) ...

Midwinter is an excellent time to get outdoors and prune shrubs. “You can prune shrubs any time, but it’s often easier when they are leafless and dormant,” said Julie Janoski, Plant Clinic manager at ...

Question. Nutsedge is growing in my St. Augustine lawn. Do I control it now or wait until spring? What do I use? Answer. Waste no time controlling this invasive weed that many think is a grass. It ...

Someone recently told me that a woody shrub should never be pruned of old wood because it could die. Is this true? I have a viburnum in need of pruning. That's a new one to me! This is not true, but I ...

If I gathered up all the billions of garden questions people have asked me over the years, via email, at the annual neighborhood barbeque, or even as I’m lying on the operating room table waiting for ...

Q: I’ve lived in my home for 12 years and this is the first year one of the bushes did not fill out. I’d like your opinion about the next step to save it. Should I trim it down this fall, hoping it ...