"Whilst some dormant perennials, such as buddleia, roses, lavender and summer-flowering spirea will all benefit from being ...

This fall I discovered a job that I dislike more than cleaning the leaves out of down spouts. Up until now scooping the leaves, pine needles and twigs that have accumulated in the bottom of the spouts ...

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, ...

How to prune your berry patch, with different approaches for floricanes and primocanes. Berry season is just around the corner, and NOW is the time to prune your raspberry and blackberry bushes. In ...

Everbearing yellow raspberry plants in New Paltz, N.Y. Gardeners can get better raspberries and blackberries by training and pruning their bushes -- or brambles. (Lee Reich) I wince when someone tells ...

"Bramble" is the common name for the genus Rubus which includes raspberries, blackberries and their hybrids and cultivars. The term bramble is used to denote “thorniness” a common trait among these ...

Berry bushes provide food for people and wildlife while offering beauty and interest in the landscape, but be sure to choose ...

Grape vines will require some of the heftiest pruning of all fruit, with up to 80% to 90% of their growth requiring removal in late winter. Courtesy Johnson County Extension With the 2024 growing ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Q • I have been growing raspberries for about 25 years. It has not been a successful venture. I am making my very last attempt. I ...