Summer bloomers that should be pruned in late winter include smooth hydrangeas, some roses, Russian sage, rose-of-sharon, ...

Winter pruning takes advantage of the plant’s dormancy. With sap flow slowed and leaves gone, structural flaws are easy to ...

It’s that pruning time of year. The period from Christmas until early March, depending on elevation, is the best time to get ...

Happy New Year – let's hope for ideal rose growing weather for 2026. This winter has been very different from last winter. In 2024, the period October – December gave us only 0.1” of rain. In 2025, ...

Next spring I will be joining a rose tour in France, so I need to brush up on my French. I gathered up my French books and started by reviewing the chapter on how to ask questions, because if you want ...

If you've started growing and taking care of pomegranate trees, you probably don't expect the topic of pruning to come up early in the tree's life. A lot of people don't touch their pomegranate trees ...

According to @godofprompt, MIT researchers demonstrated that up to 90% of a neural network’s parameters can be deleted without losing model accuracy, a finding known as the 'Lottery Ticket Hypothesis' ...

Fig trees are prolific growers and can mature at 10 to 30 feet tall and wide. Pruning controls their size so they grow more bushlike than treelike. Native to Asia and the Mediterranean, they thrive in ...

One of my favorite 'beginner' houseplants by far is the Umbrella plant (umbrella tree), or the Schefflera. This lovely, low maintenance plant provides a wonderful structural appeal in the home with ...

Growing fruit trees in the backyard can mean delicious homemade jams, fruit cobblers, fresh-squeezed juice, and home-grown goodness to add to any meal. Enjoying the fruit is the easy part. Keeping ...