For many plants, pruning in late winter can ruin your flower display. But for these summer bloomers, it'll have the opposite ...

Dear Neil: My vitex plant (unknown age) had sparse leaves and a few small blooms following the February cold spell. Should I prune it back, take it out, or just wait and see what happens? Vitex Should ...

Q: I had to remove 15 persimmons because of sun damage. One thing I have noticed is that some of the new growth from the main branches is aimed downward, so I am hoping to eventually grow the tree ...

Mid- to late-winter provides an excellent opportunity to prune a variety of plants in the landscape. Plants that can be pruned now include most hedges, shrubs and shade trees, and summer-flowering ...

As we continue through our “winter” we can still accomplish some useful goals for the coming spring and summer. Of the cultural practices we can do for maintaining woody ornamental plants, chief among ...

Vitex chaste trees are beautiful and virtually carefree summer-blooming shrubby trees that attract a wide variety of pollinators. It’s a fast grower that produces dense, upright panicles of flowers, ...

Given the hard freeze of last week, many of us will be outside pruning our damaged tropicals. (For frozen landscape repair, see last week's column.) But while we're outside with the shears, there are ...

Q: In a recent column there was a question asked about pruning a chaste tree. You responded with it being a vitex. I was afraid I had pruned mine too much. It had a lot of dead wood, but it looks like ...