End of winter is the best time of year to prune shrubs that flower later in the growing season, i.e. from mid-June and after. The reason is that later-flowering shrubs bloom on “new wood.” This means ...

Coppicing may seem, on paper, a somewhat brutal pruning technique as trees or shrubs are cut back to the ground. However, it is a historic and beneficial method of managing plants that comes with ...

I opened the Yakima Area Arboretum’s “The Weekly Leaf” newsletter on Feb. 15 and was immediately drawn to the announcement “Let the Blooming Begin!” The big news was that the arboretum’s witch hazels ...