While most pruning work is done in the dormant season, these plants rely on a mid-summer trim to keep them healthy and ensure ...

Roses grow much better when they are planted beside certain flowers, including one that experts say attracts beneficial ...

Here's how to figure out if you should wait until spring to prune your roses, along with tips on the best times for cutting back all types of roses. Related: The 12 Best Pruning Shears of 2024 to ...

People love roses, and roses are among the more commonly planted landscape shrubs. Proper care is important as roses go ...

Keep these tips in mind when cutting back roses to ensure healthy, prolific blooms every spring. Prune Diseased Branches When you prune roses may vary if your plant is suffering from a disease.

Roses are guaranteed to give you ‘stunning blooms in spring’ after 1 easy task in January Roses give off the most magnificent displays of colour in gardens, but they need attention for that to ...

With gardens in bloom, gardeners are busy at work this time of year. Pruning is one of my favorite gardening tasks, and the ...

In this Thursday, March 28, 2019 photo, Eladio Beltran prunes apple trees at his job at an orchard in Albion, N.Y. When and when not to prune this fall.

There is a good mix of plants to prune in May. It ranges from spring-flowering shrubs, which may need attention to stay in the best shape for next year’s blooming, to summer-flowering herbaceous ...

Similarly, “Prune when the knife is sharp” appears to give license to prune anytime we’ve got the tools ready. Timing is important, though, and some seasons are better than others for the task.

Bottom line: don’t prune roses after September 1. Instead of using your pruners for trimming your roses for winter, just clean and sharpen the blades so they're ready to go next spring.