As summer comes to an end, it's easy to assume that things in the garden will also start to wind down – but don't be too hasty to hang up your gardening gloves, as there are still plenty of important ...

Roses, apple trees, gooseberry bushes, wisteria and raspberries could all benefit from pruning at this time of year - Clara Molden Our gardens can seem inhospitable places during the depths of winter; ...

September’s gentle light hides a ticking clock for gardens. Act now and you could save months of colour, fragrance and food. The late-summer lull can fool even seasoned growers. Yet a focused round of ...

Perennials with pests or diseases, or those you don't want to self-sow should be cut back in fall. Leaving perennials ...

"Whilst some dormant perennials, such as buddleia, roses, lavender and summer-flowering spirea will all benefit from being cut back in January, other perennials, including echinacea or rudbeckia, form ...

Though cold January offers little to do in the garden, some plants still appreciate a little love and care before spring ...

Pruning grape and berry plants is an annual affair necessary to keep them manageable, healthy, and bearing oodles of fruit. Although the objectives for pruning these plants are the same, details ...

The first winter I got brave with pruning, I “tidied up” a lilac on a sunny January afternoon. Come spring, the shrub was covered in lush, healthy leaves… and not a single flower. I’d cut off every ...