Weigelas are pretty, deciduous shrubs that are well-loved for their prolific pink, purple, white, or red springtime blooms. Due to their fast and often-sprawling growth habit, an annual trim can be ...

The next few weeks are the year’s best to prune flowering shrubs that have already finished blooming for the year, as well as most evergreens. Spring-flowering woody plants (ones that bloom in March, ...

Most bushes that flower in the summer do so on new growth. That means you can prune anything you like in the spring, since the new growth hasn’t started yet. Butterfly bush and rose of sharon fall ...

Winter is not the most glamorous time for a gardener and you don’t often get to enjoy the fruits of your labor during this ...

Q: I planted several weigela shrubs in front of the house 18 years ago. My neighbors’ vinca has invaded that area. We have a bunch of pretty, large blue rocks and a lot of Mexican pebble rock that the ...

Now that leaves are opening on your shrubs, is it too late to prune? Not at all, said Sharon Yiesla, plant knowledge specialist at The Morton Arboretum in Lisle. “We often suggest pruning trees and ...