Question: Our gardenia has grown a little taller then we would like and has finished flowering. Is now a good time to do the pruning? Answer: Often gardenias produce sporadic blooms during the summer ...

One task that home gardeners can spend a lot of time on is pruning their shrubs. There are four reasons that you might engage in this task: to affect flower or fruit production; to direct the growth ...

Gardeners across the state are ready to get outside and garden, and late February is an ideal time to do that. From pruning ...

Q: I have two gardenia bushes that became huge this summer and definitely need to be cut way back. Is now a good time to cut them back? I don’t want to shock them but they’re right up against our ...

One of the challenges of gardening in New Orleans (or anywhere) is learning when activities like planting, pruning and fertilizing are best done. The proper timing of gardening work has a real impact ...

If you have roses in your garden, now is the time to prune them. For hybrid tea roses, prune back fairly severely, cutting the stems back to between 8 and 18 inches. You want to prune right above an ...