Spring has sprung! Well, kinda. While this has been quite a brutal winter, with frigid temps and snow blasting most of the country (even in the past week!), warmer weather is just around the corner.

Pruning your rose bush encourages healthy growth and reduces the risk of disease. Pruning roses encourages healthy growth and helps prevent diseases by improving air circulation and sunlight exposure.

If you've spent any time gardening, then you've likely heard of the term "pruning" before. This beneficial garden maintenance task is imperative for keeping your beautiful, hard-earned rose bush alive ...

Pruning roses is an important part of proper maintenance. It encourages full, shapely bushes, increased vigor and more flowers. Major pruning is done twice a year. The first pruning of ...

In Fielding Questions, readers also asked about cutting back ornamental grasses and if it's too early to rake lawns. Pruning a rosebush is best done in the spring to avoid winter injury. Early April ...

Q: When should I prune my rose bushes? They never really go completely dormant, in that they keep their leaves and occasionally bloom throughout the winter. A: Although roses sometimes don’t go ...

I’ve seen advice that now is the time to prune everblooming roses, and I have a question. I am a novice when it comes to roses, and I’m not sure what kind I have. So, I’m not sure which can be pruned ...

Secateurs at the ready: March is the perfect month to prune back garden plants such as hydrangeas, rambling roses and a variety of fruit trees. With longer days and warmer weather (finally) on the ...

Q: Last week you helped us figure out which blooming shrub we have in the backyard and looking it up, we’re in complete agreement. Thank you! Now, I did mention that the winter jasmine, planted near ...