Shasta Daisies grow new basal leaves late in the season. Removing spent flower heads helps direct plant energy to this leaf growth rather than seed production. Prune out flower stalks as the flowers ...

3. Vegetables: Beet, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, carrot, cauliflower, celery, collards, kohlrabi, lettuce, mustard, onion, peas, potato, radicchio, radish ...

Acid cherries fruit predominantly on the previous year’s growth, so pruning needs to be much heavier than for sweet cherries in order to encourage lots of new growth. Prune once fruit has been picked.

Prune juice has been a rather popular remedy for constipation, but its benefits are much beyond the bathroom. Derived from dried plums, the juice is a healthy source of nutrition and has a host of ...

You can also shape shrubs and trees via pruning, but that is often cosmetic. A better reason to prune can be to ensure that sunlight and airflow can penetrate through the middle of shrubs and ...

Pale brown patches on prune plums is a common, environmentally induced condition, a sort of “weathering” called “russetting’ or “russet scab.” Dear Helen: My young prune plum tree has produced a few ...

The seasonal transition from summer to fall is a very productive, and traditionally busy, time in any garden. Along with routine tasks such as watering, deadheading, and harvesting flowers and ...

How often depends on the plant, but a little observation will help you figure it out. Don’t deadhead everything you see. Some flowering plants like Hollyhock, Columbine, and Foxglove can be left to go ...

But if you want to keep it fruiting year after year, you need to know when to prune apple trees. Sure, knowing how to prune fruit trees - and how to prune apple trees specifically - is a great way to ...

Cherry blossom trees are among the most beautiful features of spring, and if you're lucky enough to have one in your garden, learning when to prune cherry blossom trees will help you get the most out ...