It’s cold and rainy but there’s still things to do in the garden if you have the inclination. For answers to your questions, turn to Ask an Expert, an online question-and-answer tool from Oregon State ...

Pruning can generally be good for a tree, but make sure you have a reason, use the right cut, and don’t get careless, as a ...

Q: I need to prune an arborvitae hedge because it is too tall. I’d like to remove 3 or 4 feet off the top of these shrubs. When is the best time to prune them? A: Late winter or early spring is ...

Not all evergreens require pruning — being low-maintenance is part of their appeal — but some can benefit from it. One example? Arborvitae (Thuja spp.), a lush, fast-growing conifer native to North ...

Walking into your yard after Winter Storm Hernando may have felt like stepping into a different landscape entirely. Bent ...

Varied plants with colorful flowers blooming in a garden with white chair - Darrell Gulin/Getty Images Pruning — a term that invokes fear in the best of the gardeners, and for good reason. Pruning is ...

End of winter is the best time of year to prune shrubs that flower later in the growing season, i.e. from mid-June and after. The reason is that later-flowering shrubs bloom on “new wood.” This means ...