Lavender is a bushy perennial herb that fills the garden with a heady fragrance. While this herb is relatively low-maintenance, it needs to be pruned during the growing season to stay prolific. Not ...

To remain healthy and beautiful, lavender needs regular pruning, along with well-draining soil and lots of sunshine. “Pruning lavender keeps it looking full, encourages new growth and flowering, and ...

The lavender has already been pruned in preparation for winter and next summer’s harvest. Shaping them into a turtle-like mound helps keep them producing quality floral stems with a uniform stem ...

If winter has you worried about your lavender (Lavandula spp.), a smart fall trim is your best defense. Cold winds and heavy snow can snap or bend stems in no time, but shaping the shrub now makes a ...

The show is over: Spring blooming shrubs and vines have strutted their stuff. With blossoms past, they are melding into other landscape greenery. Don't turn your back on these plants, though, because ...

The next few weeks are some of the year’s best for pruning landscape plants – mainly woody-stemmed ones that already have bloomed for the year, as well as most needled evergreens. Spring-blooming ...