Hydrangeas have become very popular plants for the home landscape in recent years, primarily due to the release of new varieties with flowers of different sizes and shapes featuring more vivid shades ...

WASHINGTON — Hydrangeas are a summertime staple across the DMV — but once the weather cools down, many homeowners start wondering whether they should trim them back before winter. The answer depends ...

Hydrangea trees are shrubs trained and trimmed to look like a tree. They bring a vertical element to any space with their large, showy blooms atop tall stems, and can be underplanted with smaller ...

The hydrangea “Endless Summer” is the one that started it all. One of the few blue flowers (in acid soil), it flowers on both old and new wood. In the fall, the choice to dead head or not to dead head ...

That urge to grab your pruners the moment temperatures rise is one of the most natural impulses in gardening, and one of the ...

As you’re preparing your garden for winter, it's tempting to get out the pruners and remove any wayward branches from your trees or shrubs. Without the leaves, it's easier to see the shape of the ...

Turns out I've been pruning hydrangeas wrong – but thanks to Sarah Raven's height pruning tip, it's not too late for this year's blooms.

Q: Help! I have several fig trees and am not sure how to prune them. The bushy tree you see has over time become a shrub/bush despite my pruning efforts. New shoots come up often, and I'm not sure how ...

The beginning of February means it is time to consider the big hack job or to simply get snippy with some of your trees, shrubs and perennials. To prune or not to prune, that is the question. The ...