After many years of pruning the ligustrum and arborvitae and spreading juniper from the front door welcome mat, homeowners have come to appreciate dwarf plants.While searching for replacements for ...

Q. We have two neighbors with ficus hedges that are now 20 feet tall. They have at least 45 trees planted 11/2 feet apart. I already had 3-inch-diameter roots cut out because they extended over my … ...

So if the momma is a 10-foot-tall shrub, a dwarf version may still grow 6 or 8 feet tall. Your cypress can be pruned, but I like to do it with hand pruners and cut back each stem to a joint, one ...

The Gardenia genus was named for Scottish physician and naturalist Alexander Garden (1730-1791). In 1754, Garden collected plants and animals and began sending them to the Irish linen merchant and ...

The same thing is happening on my dwarf gardenia . and evergreen viburnum. ... This week I will work on pruning all the dead tops off of plants that are only growing from the base.

: I have a gardenia bush that has grown out and over my walkway. Can I trim it, or should I move it? When should I do either? : Standard gardenias (as opposed to dwarfs) should be at least 30 to ...