CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Did you know you can predict the order in which the trees and shrubs in your garden will bloom this spring? All you need is the secret password: Phenology. Phenology is the science ...

December is an ideal month for light pruning of certain shrubs. Avoid heavy cuts that could compromise spring blooms. Light pruning to shape and remove dead branches helps prevent cold and ice damage.

Sometimes a garden shrub grows too large for its site. It may have long branches blocking a walkway or window. It may be shading out other plants or getting wider and taking over a bed. Or, it may ...

According to an old saying, if you’ve properly pruned your shrubs, they shouldn’t look pruned. That’s sage advice — unless, of course, you’re pruning shrubs to look like Donald Duck at Disney World.

Dr. Elizabeth Yuko is a bioethicist and adjunct professor of ethics at Fordham University. She has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, Rolling Stone, CNN & Playboy. When ...

Now that fall is here, we're in the time slot where the garden answer phone starts ringing off the hook. Many people believe that since God invented pruning shears, they need to be used to butcher ...