Burning bush is generally a low-maintenance deciduous landscape shrub but it can grow vigorously. If you’re contemplating when to prune a burning bush shrub to maintain its shape or rejuvenate a ...

To add fall foliage to your landscape, plant dwarf fothergilla ( Fothergilla gardenii) in a sunny location with moist, acidic ...

Fall brings out my outdoor neat freak. I feel an intense need to get things buttoned up in the yard before the cold hits. After the annuals and vegetables have come down, I find my eyes wandering to ...

One of my favorite autumnal sayings is from John Burroughs: “How beautifully leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days.” The “Autumn Blaze” maple gave up the ghost too early ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Boxwood Q • I wasn’t able to prune my boxwoods, yews and burning bushes this summer, and they’ve gotten too big. Is it too late ...

This week, gardening columnist Don Kinzler answers questions about when to cut back geraniums grown from cuttings over the winter, where to prune a burning bush with rabbit damage, and more. Reader ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Q • I have 10-foot burning bushes next to the house, and I would like to do some aggressive cutting back to about half their size ...

Very little in nature is purely black or white or strictly good or bad. The current heightened interest in native plants is a great example of this phenomenon as most gardeners currently seek out ...