Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. white spirea flowers Spirea, or spiraea, are popular perennial shrubs with pretty blooms in spring and summer. They're generally ...

Spirea is a group of hardworking flowering shrubs that grow with gusto in all kinds of conditions. With all that growth, these plants benefit from an annual trim, but when to prune spirea? It depends ...

Pruning too late in the season can harm your perennials, shrubs, and trees. Here’s when to stop.

If you have an overgrown forsythia or spiraea shrub and have been meaning to do something about it, now is the time to take action! Deciduous shrubs that are straggly, overgrown or just plain ugly can ...

June is the moment when the garden stops behaving politely and starts hurling growth in every direction. Shrubs surge forward, spring-flowering plants slump into untidiness, and climbers begin ...

Pruning deciduous or flowering shrubs is a crucial aspect of their seasonal care, and timing is everything. Most shrubs should be pruned in February and March—and even too late into March can result ...

Q:Could I prune my spirea back now? They are so big, they are hanging over the sidewalk. A:This is not the best time to prune most shrubs and evergreens. When you prune plants you will stimulate these ...

A: Yes, you can prune Spirea vanhouttei now. Remove old and weak stems at ground level to encourage this easy-to-grow shrub to retain its graceful, cascading habit. Q: My hydrangeas are starting to ...

A queen of the summer landscape border ... the family of Spirea. For years if you spoke the name Spirea, the vision folks saw dancing in their heads was that of the gracefully weeping white Bridal ...

Q: I have a Daphne odora that has grown over a walkway. I’ve heard they’re temperamental. How far back can I prune it without hurting it? A: Daphne odora is indeed a temperamental shrub. It’s one of ...

When I was a child, my mother had three spirea bushes planted along the edge of our yard. Each spring, when they burst into bloom, my sisters and I would cut long arching, flowering branches and twist ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. June is the moment when the garden stops behaving politely and starts hurling growth in every direction. Shrubs surge forward, ...