“Root pruning” sounds like such a brutal way to treat a plant. Yet it’s a periodic necessity once any potted plant has grown as large as you want it to. Potted plants — like other plants — grow, and ...

LET’S REVIEW A perfect and a little-known method which is totally appropriate now in the month of October. I have numerous times explained, and rightly so, how pruning at the wrong time of year can ...

SINCE JANUARY IS almost over, and it starts the year off with that extra 31st day, how about I sneak in one more “extra” article about pruning? I do this in response to a client who was asking about ...

Magnolias are one of the most beloved heralds of spring, whose showy blooms often appear before the trees leaf out. The diverse magnolia genus ranges from shrubs or dwarf trees to trees that grow over ...

Face it, it happens at least once in our gardening lives: The plant we thought would be perfect here really would look better there. So, if this is your dilemma, there is a tried-and-true method for ...

Face it, it happens at least once in our gardening lives: The plant we thought would be perfect here really would look better there. So, if this is your dilemma, there is a tried-and-true method for ...

We re-potted a house plant that was constantly wilting and that seems to help. Is it possible that the plant is too large and needs a “haircut”? Answer: Potted plants benefit from root pruning as well ...

Q. I have an 11-year-old magnolia tree that seems to thrive on neglect; I've never given it anything but water. However, it now resembles a large bush. I would like to shape it into a tree. Is now a ...