One of the great things about junipers—along with the fact they’re usually ignored by deer—is how self-sufficient they are. Junipers practically set the gold standard for “plant ‘em and forget ‘em” ...

I have a pom-pom juniper. For years, I have been trimming off the new growth each spring before they get too long. This year I let them go, and the juniper looks like it stuck a branch into a light ...

Question: I have an old juniper groundcover that is about 4 feet tall and at least 12 feet wide. I’ve seen these limbed up into a sort of low-growing bonsai so you can see the branches. I’d like to do ...

Juniper is a beautiful plant that you can find virtually anywhere once you know what to look for. I knew nothing about Juniper just a few years ago, but once I realized that several juniper bushes ...

Junipers are not as forgiving as some plants when it comes to pruning. If done wrong, one will end up with an ugly skeleton of a shrub with bald spots and bare branches. On the bright side, junipers ...

Question: We have some "Sea Green" junipers that had grown too large for the spot I planted them in about 10 years ago. I decided to cut them back from their six foot height to about a two foot height ...

Q: I've got a bed of spreading junipers that are getting too big and spilling out into the lawn. How can I prune and when? A: End of winter is the best time to prune junipers, although they also can ...

Is there a time of year that is best for trimming/cutting back mature evergreens? I have mature mint juleps shrubs and Spartans (junipers). I have some branches — they're big, long ones — on the ...

Fruit trees should be pruned two times per year. Summer pruning (June until mid-August) should never exceed removal of more than about a tenth of the canopy. The object is to remove shoots crowding ...