Last year, the flower buds on my forsythia didn’t begin to show any hint of swelling until early March. A caution: Don’t prune lilacs and other spring-flowering shrubs now.

Forsythia is a powerhouse of colour and has probably the greatest impact of any of the small flowering shrubs. It really is worth finding a home for one in your garden!

Summer pruning is mainly for apples and pears trained as cordon, espalier, fan, pyramid and spindlebush. Do it when the bottom third of the new shoots is stiff and woody. Ensure that there are no ...

The only exception to the “pruning after flowering” rule is to get an old overgrown, sparsely flowered forsythia back on track. In that case, prune in late winter by cutting back a quarter to ...

This time I’m giving you the good news first: the Northern Gold Forsythia is a beautiful, yellow flowering bush that is fully hardy. It blooms first in spring and grows about 7- 8 feet tall and wide.

Three exceptional flowering shrubs stand out for their ability to deliver stunning seasonal displays while conserving water: Forsythia, Physocarpus opulifolius (commonly known as Ninebark), and ...

Flowering quince bushes tend to send out underground shoots each year. Remove these as well. Quince can get really think and tangled, so don’t be shy with the pruning tools. Need a break?

In this stressful spring, we’ve been cheered by the bright blooms of flowering shrubs and ornamental trees such as forsythia, quince, viburnum, lilac, cherry, crabapple and redbud.If these ...

Shrubs whose best show is on stems that are 1 year old — common ninebark, flowering almond, rambling roses, kerria, and pussy willows grown as shrubs for their catkins — require slightly less ...