Pieris are easy-to-grow and cold-hardy evergreen shrubs with dark fingered foliage that is attractive all year round. This plant (also known as the andromeda bush or the lily-of-the-valley bush) ...

Certain weather conditions can make shrubs vulnerable to stress during pruning. Avoid heavy pruning during very dry or hot weather, and aim for cooler weather in early spring or late autumn. Before ...

End of winter is the best time of year to prune shrubs that flower later in the growing season, i.e. from mid-June and after. The reason is that later-flowering shrubs bloom on “new wood.” This means ...

My first spring catalog has come. The excitement at our house is at a winter high — thinking of all of the green that comes with spring and the opportunities to add to my landscape. I have marked ...