Avoid these pruning pitfalls for a glorious garden come March ...

Thoughtful pruning promotes health and adds grace to your plantings. Many of us are unsure if or how to prune (or do so reflexively), shearing any plant flat when it grows out of bounds. Improper ...

A. Prune leggy, too-tall or old stems to the ground in early spring. New growth will create a denser shrub. Kathy Huber has worked for the Houston Chronicle since May 1981. She was Features Copy Desk ...

ahonia, a member of the Barberry family, is a distinctive evergreen shrub that’s native to North and Central America, as well as eastern Asia. Although related to barberries, mahonias don’t have those ...