Knowing when to prune evergreens can make the difference between healthy growth and lasting damage, but there isn't one right time to prune. You'll need to take a look at the trees in your yard, their ...

I HAVE BEEN pruning evergreens now for the last two weeks at a fever pitch! That is because late November and all of December is the ideal time to prune your conifers and softwoods. And the trimmings ...

WELL, HERE WE are already — it’s November! Hopefully, we all remembered to turn our clocks back, which means tonight it is dark at 5 p.m. This also means some of our attention turns to the holidays ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. We've all seen those scraggly, lopsided, or overgrown evergreens looking like a hot mess in the landscape. Once an evergreen ...

For most of the year, deciduous trees get all the attention. To their credit, though, they do put on quite the show: Blossoming in the springtime, providing shade in the summer, and then pulling out ...

Learn valuable tips and techniques for pruning evergreens. Extension educator Elizabeth Exstrom provides valuable tips and techniques for pruning evergreen trees and identifying whether or not a tree ...

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 ...

In many regions, winter is prime time to head out into your yard and garden with pruning shears in hand. Bare branches on trees and shrubs make it easier to see the whole shape of the plant. Plus ...

Evergreens aren't deciduous, so they don’t go dormant and are prone to winter moisture loss and browning. Wrapping plants, mulching, and watering in late fall can reduce winter stress. Skip ...

Prune deciduous hollies in winter and evergreen hollies in late winter or early spring. Make clean pruning cuts at the leaf nodes, and don't overharvest branches or berries. Use other natural items, ...

SEATTLE — Gardening expert Ciscoe Morris said pruning dwarf conifers can be tricky in the Evergreen State because they never stop growing here. He demonstrated on his Hinoki cypress spiralis. “If I ...