One thing you’ll want to leave off your landscaping to-do list, at least for a while, is pruning your oak trees. February ...

February is the last best month for winter pruning, for many but not all trees and shrubs. Generally, pruning when deciduous trees are dormant during the winter months is the optimum time to remove ...

Structures, rather than vegetation, served as the primary fuel for spreading flames, but fire-resistant landscaping helps. It ...

Then too, trees are self-pruning. Wind events such as those we have experienced this winter prune trees: Dead limbs and ...

Always test-prune on a small part of a shrub before a drastic cut. Not all shrubs behave the same way. The Four Seasons Camellia seldom requires hard pruning. At best, prune a node or two before ...

The purple and pink hues of fuchsias and the long summer flowering period make these plants a garden favourite. But knowing when to prune fuchsias is key if you want this hardy plant to look good all ...

Both trees took up water and looked quite good at the end of the trial, although the Norway spruce had lost a few needles. Both would be worth keeping after Christmas. We also bought a smaller Norway ...

Lent is a period of 40 days of fasting and prayer leading up to Easter. Lent starts on Ash Wednesday and concludes on Holy Saturday, just before Easter Sunday. The word "Lent" comes from the word ...

Hallie Levine is an award-winning health and medical journalist who frequently contributes to AARP, Consumer Reports, the New York Times, and Health.com. She lives in Fairfield, CT, with her three ...

Here are the dates for the full moons in 2025. The next full moon will be on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025. It will officially reach its full moon phase at 8:53 a.m. EDT (1353 GMT) but local moonrise ...

AS a gardener, you wouldn’t plant a rhododendron in chalky soil. And when it comes to clematis – it ‘roots in the shade – scrambles up to the sun’ – while roses do well in ...