What you do straight after flowering determines next year’s display – these simple steps help lilacs recover, stay healthy, ...

Not all plants require deadheading. Save time in the garden without sacrificing blooms by growing plants that you don’t need ...

Read the best time to prune lilacs and how to ensure they thrive year after year. Here's what to do with lilac flowers after ...

At long last, June brings all the flowers to the yard, and you may be ready to just sit back and enjoy the show. But not so fast! To help keep those pretty blooms going, you have an important job: ...

Timing matters when pruning spring-flowering shrubs, and cutting them at the wrong moment could impact next year's blooms ...

Deadheading, the removal of spent blooms, encourages new growth and more flowers. Annuals like zinnias and marigolds benefit from frequent deadheading, while others like impatiens are self-deadheading ...

Perennials are plants that return year after year in the garden. Here are eleven perennials that have a long-blooming period.

Keep your flowers blooming longer and your garden a bit tidier with deadheading. Removing faded flowers can promote repeat bloom on some plants, encourage fuller, more compact growth, and tidy up the ...

Make plans now to prune spring-flowering shrubs, such as forsythia, lilac, viburnum and flowering quince, after they finish blooming. “We don’t prune these shrubs in winter because we’d be cutting off ...