Q: We have a large tree-form lilac that needs to be trimmed back quite significantly. I can’t trim very far before I cut off a lot of leaves. What’s the best way to do this? Should I be concerned that ...

Pruning plants is one task you can take care of now before spring gardening gets busy. Learn which plants benefit, along with ...

With winter approaching, your gardening to-do list is filled with maintenance tasks, like raking leaves, mulching plants, and removing snow. You might consider pruning trees, too—but not all of them ...

I got an email from one of my readers a couple of weeks ago who has enjoyed my column for a number of years, and she asked me whether she should prune her lilac now and how she should go about pruning ...

It seems lilacs always have been in one part of my mother’s garden as it was with my grandmother. Most of the time you really don’t think much of the things that normally are a part of your life. I ...

PERSONALLY, I AM so grateful for the frosty, cold mornings we have had this last week. The frost is exactly what our trees, ...

If you squint your eyes real tight and look at a grove of deciduous trees you are likely to see just a slight casting of green. I did and there is. Looking at the calendar you realize daylight saving ...

Q: What’s growing on the trunk of my lilac tree? — Phyllis D. A: Your photo shows mushrooms growing on the trunk, which are the visible, exterior "fruiting bodies" of fungi. Mushrooms generally live ...

Sycamore trees, more than 100 years old, tower above the yard and house where Grant Wood once lived. Do you ever wonder how trees — stripped of their leaves, exposed to whipping winds, extreme cold, ...