It's among the first shrubs to bloom in landscapes as winter ... Pruning encourages the forsythia to grow new branches that bloom profusely. Regular pruning of forsythia is also important for ...

With spring ever so close, the urge to have that beautiful garden color can seem nagging. Here are ways to force the start of ...

With that in mind, here’s a little shortlist of exceptionally reliable, versatile ornamental shrubs for the spring garden.

Pruning informal hedges depends on when they flower. Lavender, fuchsia, roses and other plants that flower on ... those that flower on old wood, such as forsythia, deutzia and berberis, should ...

Yes, you may lose a season of blooms if you saw back a giant rhododendron in February or use hedge trimmers on a sprawling forsythia in January. Maybe you will kill an out-of-control plant by ...

“It’s the nature of these plants to sucker, so you will need to prune out suckers on a regular basis,” Campbell said. Bear in mind that spring-flowering shrubs such as lilac, forsythia and ...