This hardy perennial rewards a bold gardener — be brave with the hard spring prune, and it'll pay you back with blooms all summer and fall.

Prune these key plants in March to encourage stronger growth, better flowering and a healthier garden right through to summer ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. February is a good time to prune some shrubs in the garden. Photo: Getty Images / triocean February brings the first signs of ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pruning plants while they are dormant reduces stress and encourages healthy growth. (Getty Images) Along with mowing the lawn at ...

It can be tricky to know when to prune which plants. Do it at the wrong time and you run the risk of removing unopened flower buds, thus stripping the plant of its soon-to-be flowers. But pruning is ...

I prune plants that are overgrown very aggressively. Most gardeners hesitate to prune aggressively enough to get good results. Overgrown plants have little value in your garden, so don’t be afraid to ...

SEATTLE — I love the living tweetle out of hardy Fuchsias, and can't plant enough of them in my garden. Who can resist such spectacular, yet easy-to-grow shrubs. They bloom non-stop from late-May ...