Here's a garden expert's advice on how and when you should prune lilac bushes to enjoy fragrant spring flowers.

By Michael Tix, Spiritual Reflections In the last few days I was out running some errands. As I drove one of the things that caught my eye were the lilac bushes. Probably two weeks early, they are ...

Thought you were all done with gardening chores for the winter? Not so fast. Now is the perfect time to prune your trees and ...

Each year as the snow melts and the warm temperatures begin I like to remind people about doing yard and garden work this time of year. We are a few weeks ahead of where we were last spring.

Be aware of buds. Spring-flowering shrubs such as forsythia, lilac and flowering quince have already formed next year’s flower buds. If you prune them in winter, you will be reducing the spring ...

By pruning at this time of year ... As for spring-blooming shrubs like lilacs, please only take off any troublesome areas that you’re worried may spread disease or pathogens, otherwise, you ...