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We are, in a sense, co-creators of the world. In pruning, we help shape trees and shrubs to what we consider the ideal form. Learn about pruning here.

Hydrangea macrophylla care: how to grow and maintain

 Hydrangea macrophylla

Growing Fuchsia magellanica: care, varieties and garden uses

 Fuchsia magellanica

Red Escallonia: growing, care tips and garden uses

 Escallonia rubra

Growing Butterfly Bush: care, pruning and garden uses

 Buddleja davidii

Weigela Florida Care: How to Grow & Maintain This Flowering Shrub

 Weigela florida

Japanese spirea: care, varieties and garden uses

 Spiraea japonica

Red Flowering Currant: grow & care for Ribes sanguineum

 Ribes sanguineum

Growing Mock Orange: care, varieties and garden uses

 Philadelphus coronarius

Japanese Kerria: growing guide and garden uses

 Kerria japonica

Growing Forsythia: expert tips for vibrant spring blooms

 Forsythia x intermedia

Growing Pearl Bush: care, pruning and garden uses

 Exochorda racemosa

Deutzia gracilis: your complete flowering shrub guide

 Deutzia gracilis

Chaenomeles speciosa: growing guide and care tips

 Chaenomeles speciosa

Growing Sage: Expert Tips for Healthy Culinary Harvests

 Salvia officinalis

The Clematis Pruning Mistake That Costs You an Entire Season of Flowers

 Clematis vine with faded brown seed heads and tangled stems on a garden trellis in summer

Your Jasmine Isn’t Blooming This Summer — and Here’s the Real Reason Why

 Close-up of jasmine plant with green buds failing to open in summer heat

Pruning an apple tree or pear tree into an espalier shape

 Espalier pruning maximizes yields for apple and pear trees.

Pruning stephanotis – timing, tools, technique & tips!

 Properly pruned stephanotis blooming before a brick wall.

Refresh your topiary shrubs at the end of summer

 Topiary in the form of low spiraling hedges, properly refreshed

Cloud pruning for trees and shrubs

 Magnificent example of a cloud-pruned shrub with 8 to 10 clouds and a silver gray trunk.

Photinia planting and care, including the Red Robin

 Close-up of photinia new growth remaining dull green instead of expected bright red color

Best practices while pruning

Pruning climbing rose trees

 Rose trees climbing along a latticed wall undergoing pruning

Growing an evergreen hedge

 evergreen hedge

Pruning eggplant, when, why and how

 When and how to prune eggplant

In March, prune your roses!

 How to prune rose trees in winter and why

Pruning wisteria, the Smart Tip Tutorial (+video)

Hard pruning of lavender, a three-year task

 Hard pruning lavender

Pruning grapevine, tips and guidance to succeed

 Pruning grapevine

Pruning apple and pear trees

 Pruning apple and pear

How to prune bush roses

Pruning hydrangea, a 2 minute video with key steps

Trimming hedges, the right time

 A woman kneeling timming a boxwood topiary hedge.

Pruning English rose trees

 Pruning English roses

How to prune lavender that is woody

 Woody lavender pruning

Reducing thuja, a battered look for a year, before bursting back!

 pruning thuja

Espalier training for apple and pear (2-minute video)

Winter pruning of pip fruit trees

 winter pruning pear apple trees

Pruning lavender, a 2-minute video

Pruning hydrangea after blooming: timing, technique, how much to remove

 pruning caring bamboo.jpghydrangea after blooming

Pruning rose trees, when and how to do it

 Rose pruning

Pruning trees and shrubs, why prune and when

 Schedule for shrub and tree pruning

Topiary, artful blending of beauty, perseverance, and imagination

 topiary

Discover BRF or RCW, Ramial Chipped Wood, the next mulch revolution!

 Ramial chipped wood is made from branches.

Tree pruning, a near-surgical operation to reduce or shape a tree

 Pruning trees, why and how

Proper garden tool care, key maintenance steps

 Garden tool care

Pruning finger lime, scaffold vs productive branches

 Finger lime pruning

Fruit-inducing pruning, how to produce more fruit

 Fruit inducing pruning

Pruning rose bush shrubs, technique and timing

 Pruning bush roses

Pruning kiwi to increase harvests, a 2 minute video

Prune repeat-blooming climbing roses in 2 minutes