‘Hot lips’ salvia in Los Lunas in May 2020. Last month I presented “Pruning Galore” for our monthly “Ready, Set, GROW!” gardening webinar series. I planned to focus on more specific pruning questions ...

Learn how to prune this evergreen woody shrub/subshrub. Evergreen woody shrub/subshrub autumn sage (Salvia greggii) really benefits from late winter pruning, both for looks and long-term good health.

Perennials are great because they come back year after year. However, many require pruning in late fall -- just when you'd ...

See where to cut back old stalks on perennial mealy blue sage. See where to cut back old stalks on perennial mealy blue sage (Salvia farinacea) as new growth emerges in late winter. The same technique ...

There's a difference between pruning and trimming trees, shrubs, and perennial plants. Learn when to use each method to promote growth and good health.

The first week of February is all about forsythia and pruning. Forsythia is the bright yellow shrub ready to burst into blooms and you can prune it now to force the flowers into an early show indoors.

Q. I have lots of plants that probably need pruning back in the winter but I’m not sure how much to prune back or when to do it. Plus, it seems to me that they have better protection against frosts ...

In spite of a fluffy snow day, our relatively mild winter has our landscape plants confused. Depending on where you live, many of them haven’t slipped into dormancy yet. Some sport buds already in ...