Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Catherine McQueen / Getty Images Spring is the worst time of year to prune your dogwood tree because you can negatively impact ...

Low-maintenance and adaptable dogwood trees can be beautiful home landscape additions, especially when the flowering varieties are in bloom. An added advantage is that these trees are usually pretty ...

Many ornamental and fruit trees can benefit from pruning in April, but not all of them. Indeed, you can do serious harm by trimming at the wrong time. On that note, we reveal seven trees to never ...

Many holiday floral arrangements include branches with red bark. Colorful bark is a characteristic of certain kinds of shrubs that can brighten winter when they grow in your own yard. “For the best ...

A: Early fall is generally not the time to prune woodies, the term horticulturists use for trees, shrubs and vines that do not die back. With killing frost still more than a month away, there is time ...

Winter pruning can keep shrubs healthy and vibrant by stimulating fresh growth. There’s never a dull moment in the garden, no matter the season. Today we're tackling an important cold-weather job in ...

Home gardeners can prune away damaged plant stems and diseased branches at any time of year, but giving certain plants a significant trim in summer isn’t always the best choice. Although some plants ...

Q. About 15 years ago my dad gave me a dogwood seedling from his property in Hanover County. Back then I picked out a good spot and planted it. Well, I thought it was a good spot. It has grown very ...

A cheery glimpse of color on a gray and wintry day: That’s why we plant shrubs with bright bark. Colorful bark is a main feature of red-osier dogwood (Cornus sericea subsp. sericea), Siberian dogwood ...

Low-maintenance and adaptable dogwood trees can be beautiful home landscape additions, especially when the flowering varieties are in bloom. An added advantage is that these trees are usually pretty ...