As well as enjoying the fruits of your labour from earlier in the year – whether it’s picking home-grown veggies or admiring perennials in full bloom – time spent in the garden during July is largely ...
Dear Neil: I wasn’t able to find the 3-1-2 ratio fertilizer you recommended. I found 18-0-12. Is zero as the middle number satisfactory? I’ve been a garden writer/broadcaster in Texas for several ...
Usually, you wait until the chance of frost has passed before getting out your pruning shears. This bushy, yellow-flowering ...
Answer: Honeysuckle vines, no matter the variety, seem to do best in full sun. Yours sounds like it might not be getting enough sun to produce a lot of blossoms. If you really want blooms, you might ...
We have three honeysuckle vines about 20 years old that are getting leggy and spindly. I've tried pruning, but that only makes the tops bushier. Can I cut them way back this spring (about 12 inches)?
I’ve pruned a lot of plants in my time as a gardener. Some I had to tackle from atop a wobbly ladder, and at least once I had to take shears with me in a cherry picker, to confront a rather ...
Q: I have six honeysuckle bushes on the east side of my house. They are blocked from sunlight by my neighbor’s house and by his extremely tall evergreen tree. They probably should not have been ...
Pruning throughout the year is a crucial gardening job as it can help promote new growth and even a second flowering. The aim is to remove dead, diseased, and damaged branches and stems, which will ...
As well as enjoying the fruits of your labour from earlier in the year – whether it’s picking home-grown veggies or admiring perennials in full bloom – time spent in the garden during July is largely ...