While August is a busy month in the garden, no task is more important than pruning – and it’s the perfect time to give several deciduous, climbing and summer-flowering shrubs a seasonal trim. 'For ...

Now’s a good time to spruce up the front entry landscape in preparation for holiday visitors. Start with a broom to the walls and ceiling of your porch. Halloween is long gone so those natural spider ...

Pruning is a vital gardening task, and it's not just carried out for looks alone. Besides maintaining a neat garden, it can also help stimulate the plant to develop fresh blooms, particularly during ...

Dear Helen: After several years of neatly controlled behaviour in our garden, a hebe suddenly exploded into exaggerated growth this summer. I don’t have the variety name, but the leaves are large and ...

A gardening expert has shared which plants should be pruned before September. According to the pro, this will help to "encourage next year's blooms". Pruning is an essential gardening job, and it ...

Q: I love the hardy fuchsias and grow several varieties in my shaded garden. Some have turned into large shrubs in just a few years. That leads me to my problem. Can I prune back my hardy Fuchsia ...

Hebes in New Zealand. New Zealand's climate -- Where hebes are found -- What constitutes a hebe? -- The discovery of hebes -- Early plant breeding with hebes -- Hebe classification -- Hebes around the ...