Use these tips for pruning rhododendrons to get a burst of fresh foliage and flowers. Although generally low-maintenance, rhododendrons occasionally do need pruning to rejuvenate them. Timely pruning ...

Fall looms but gardening season is far from over, and you may have questions. To ask one, simply go to the OSU Extension website, type it in and include the county where you live. A photo is very ...

As temperatures cool down, the garden seems to come alive again, especially with the recent rains. Dahlias, zinnias, and ...

LET’S REVIEW A perfect and a little-known method which is totally appropriate now in the month of October. I have numerous times explained, and rightly so, how pruning at the wrong time of year can ...

If you look forward to sweetly scented gardenia blooms in the spring, put those pruners away in the fall. Gardenias ( Gardenia jasminoides) bloom on old wood, and buds are developing during fall.

CORVALLIS — Rhododendrons and azaleas herald spring in Oregon. And spring is a good time to give these beautiful shrubs the care they deserve. There are a number of things home gardeners can do to ...

Some plants like fruit trees, rhododendrons, azaleas and others, should be pruned now. As the heat and drought of July crescendos, you may notice that spring’s tender new growth has turned into summer ...

Pruning is an essential gardening task that must be done at the correct time to ensure plants remain healthy and perform at their best every year. It is a pruning mistake to trim at the wrong time of ...

Q: Can rhododendrons be trimmed back without damaging them? And when is the best time of the year to do so? A: Vigorous rhododendrons can be cut back to about half their size at the time of year when ...

A: The hesitation in your gut was right! Nope. No pruning and no fertilizing these plants this time of year, and here’s why. Both pruning and fertilizing signal a plant to put on new growth. This late ...

What to Prune in June (and What to Leave Alone) originally appeared on Dengarden. Pruning is a common gardening practice where cutting away certain parts of a plant, such as its branches, buds or ...

April is rhododendron season here on the North Coast, a time when the sleepy, quiet shrubs suddenly pop with color. It’s flower party time as neighborhood yards become festooned with pink, white, ...