For healthy hydrangeas with colorful new blooms every year, try this easy pruning technique that works best if carried out in the mid-summer months.

Trimming shrubs in summer can do more harm than good. Here’s the best time to prune different types of shrubs, the few summer ...

Summer Crush’s flower buds are better than most hydrangeas at surviving Pennsylvania winters, and plants also have good ...

Most hydrangea failures trace to one mistake: planting an old-wood bloomer where late frost kills the buds. Panicle wins for hands-off bloom across Zones 3–9; smooth is best in cold regions; oakleaf ...

1. Sow turnips now for quick late-summer roots. Choose a sunny, open patch with fine, moist soil, and sow thinly in shallow ...

As is the case with many garden jobs, there is a manual tool and a powered one for hedges too. For light hedge pruning, a ...

This is a 25-year-old crape myrtle. I have 20 to 25 crape myrtles in my yard and this is the only one that has this condition ...

Dahlias put on a bright, colorful show in the garden each summer. To keep them blooming, it is important to remove spent ...

I planted my first vitex last fall. It bloomed this spring, but I didn’t realize what a short bloom time it has. Can it be ...

The first week of July is the time of red, white and bloom so take time to deadhead, fertilize and water your summer annuals and perennials to keep them in flower. July is the month that many potted ...

Many gardeners mistakenly prune hydrangeas in spring or cut away old wood, but pruning should be done in August while ...