Shrubs are typically classified into three different bloom times: spring, summer, and fall. When they bloom will dictate when the best time to prune them is, if we want to preserve flower buds.

Q: I have a forsythia bush and for the last couple of years it hasn’t bloomed. Sometimes it only gets a couple flowers when it does bloom. Do you know the reason for this and what I could do?

In today's landscapes, forsythia is not exactly a prized specimen. This is because most of us don't do a good job caring for it and its nature - at least the species - is to sprawl to 10 feet high ...

Like with most bushes and plants, the location of the forsythia is the major factor in how much it will grow. The forsythia (named after 18th-century Scottish horticulturist William Forsyth) might ...

“I brake for butchered plants.” Perhaps that’s what my bumper sticker should read, because I did almost slam on my brakes recently to try and save a forsythia bush – a whole row of them ...

Gardeners with forsythia loaded with flowers have taken the time to correctly prune their shrubs. Unfortunately, some people never prune their forsythia, or if they do, they prune at the wrong ...

"I brake for butchered plants." Perhaps that's what my bumper sticker should read, because I did almost slam on my brakes recently to try and save a forsythia bush - a whole row of them, in fact ...

(Summer blooming shrubs, such as butterfly bush and rose-of-sharon, blossom on new shoots, so nothing is sacrificed by cutting off old ones in winter or anytime before growth begins.) Timing, for ...

Forsythias are planted for their stunning floral display in early spring. Have you ever seen a forsythia bush and, for some reason, maybe there are only blooms at the very ...