January is often a quiet month in the garden, but as we approach the final few days, there are some jobs homeowners should ...

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The perfect time has arrived to prune your apple and pear trees. The dormant period, lasting from November to early March ...

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So, in January, you should avoid pruning spring-flowering shrubs such as forsythia, lilacs, and flowering currants. For ...

What is the best way to feed and prune a number of Nellie R. Stevens hollies we planted five years ago in order to encourage ...

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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 ...

A warning has been issued to gardeners who have apple or pear trees in their garden to check them for a deadly disease this ...

Vertical growth is best encouraged early, as a Nellie R. Stevens naturally reaches 20 feet tall and 12 to14 feet wide.