Knowing how and when to prune forsythia is critical for keeping this shrub healthy and its spring blooms bountiful. It's among the first shrubs to bloom in landscapes as winter begins to fade, its ...

Due to the extra warm winter we've had this year, it’s been a good spring for forsythia. There are loads of yellow flowers on forsythia shrubs all around our area. You may have noticed some bushes ...

I have been writing about the importance and how-to’s of pruning and today, the topic is one of my favorites – rejuvenation pruning. This is an easy technique and one that brings new life into old ...

Heat, drought, and pest obstacles aside, landscape plants now have completed most of this season’s growth. The result in some cases is a landscape that’s blown past ideal sizes and is now bordering on ...

The warm glow of forsythias cools down as their flowers fade and green leaves start to unfold. For the next 11 months, this plant that displays such cheerful color on the drab heels of winter will be ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The cheery yellow blossoms are exploding on forsythia bushes all over Northeast Ohio. The sunny flowers are most vibrant under gray and gloomy skies and signal warmer and brighter ...

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 ...

This Gardening News column is from the online archives of The Star of North Augusta, a collection of more than 25,000 articles published from October 2007 to February 2022. While the month of February ...

“The flowers of late winter and early spring occupy places in our hearts well out of proportion to their size.” Gertrude S. Wister Just inside the woods next to our yard is one of my favorite spring ...

Pamela Corle-Bennett is the state master gardener volunteer coordinator and horticulture educator for Ohio State University Extension. Contact her by email at [email protected]. If you haven’t ...