Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gardener pruning salvia plant in garden. - Juliealexk/Getty Images Pruning is an important task to help ensure plant health and ...

Deadhead container mums to get more blooms and extend color into fall. Don’t prune hardy mums in fall—wait until spring for better growth. Water well, give full sun, and wait for cooler temps before ...

Pruning mums helps them grow fuller with longer-lasting blooms. Pinch tips at 4–6 inches tall, again at 12 inches tall, and stop about 100 days before bloom. Deadhead spent flowers once blooming ...

As any homeowner knows, even the most beautiful, professionally landscaped yards require regular maintenance. Luckily, when it comes to freshening up your greenery, the best pruning shears make it ...

Today, mums come in a wide array of colors, sizes, and shapes. They are used as cut flowers and to add color to borders and container plantings. Photo courtesy of NC Cooperative Extension Today, mums ...

Q: I have planted lots of shasta daisies to attract pollinators to my backyard. They have flowered beautifully over summer – but now that fall is on the horizon, is it time to cut them back? A: Shasta ...

Synaptic pruning is the process in which the brain removes neurons and synapses that it does not need. This usually takes place when a person is 2–10 years old. The brain contains millions of neurons ...

I followed my own advice this summer … let my spring seeded spinach go to seed, and now it is starting to produce a fall crop that will keep growing until hard frost shuts it off. Something growing ...

Q. My fig tree has nearly doubled in size in the past five years and is encroaching on my house. Is it OK to prune it now, and how much can I cut without hurting the tree? A. Because fig trees are ...

Choosing color, flower shape is most important decision for landscape. The gardener's synonym for fall is the hardy garden mum. I can think of no other plant that the general public would equate with ...