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Pruning Shears, hand pruners or secateurs--no matter what you call them, a well maintained pair of shears makes garden clean-up easier.

A good pair of garden pruners is a must for every gardener. Pruning is as essential to flower gardening as water is to living.

Gardening can be as simple or complex as each individual. There are, however, a few tools no gardener should be without. Following are some essential gardening tools.

A little imagination and some practical ideas can really bring a gardener’s holiday season alive.

If you have been pruning trees in your yard lately, don't toss away those twigs and branches! It's very thrifty and green to transform these into useful and fun items.

When it comes to making something from nothing, you really can't beat Mother Nature's bounty.

Learn the basics of caring for the Rose bushes you planted.

Pruning roses is necessary if you want them to grow and bloom, but when should you prune them?

Gardeners need a good selection of garden tools. You might not use them all every week, but having them on hand is better than running out to buy them at the last minute.

Fire blight can be a serious gardening pest for many owners of apple and pear orchards. But with proper knowledge, fire blight can be controlled and treated.

When creating a bouquet to bring inside, choose a good amount of both annuals and perennials, and even some foliage plants such as Lamb's ear or artemisia.

What to get for the lefty who has everything? Here are some gift ideas for any occasion.

Pruning too much or too little, or pruning in the wrong place can have a lasting effect on plants. Follow these directions for healthier plants.

Many gardeners, both seasoned and beginners, feel they should prune, but many simply don't know why or how to prune.

Late winter is the time to prune both deciduous and evergreen shrubs.

Perennial Cortaderia selloana, or Pampas grass, throws out stunning feathery plumes offering height and spectacular sights to borders from October into November.

Texas Mountain Laurel is a small tree, great for an accent plant in the garden, a container-grown patio specimen, or even as a stand-alone feature.

There are many varieties of desert plants growing wild, and many of them are wildflowers. Find out how to collect the seeds of these plants for your own garden.

February is the month for pruning vines, planting bare root trees, and starting seedlings. Work this month sets the stage for a glorious garden this spring and summer.

Organic gardeners are a special breed. When birthdays and holidays come around, nothing makes them happier than a gift bag of dried manure. Here are some more ideas.

Online plant trading is fast gaining popularity; this article shows one way to properly ready your day lilies for shipping and trade.

Make inexpensive Christmas and holiday centerpieces in ten quick and simple steps. Achieve a country holiday look by using garden, dried or silk materials, and flowers.

In many locations late winter is an ideal time to prune grapes, clematis, wisteria and roses. Pruning stimulates new growth, and fruit and flower production.

The cold months are perfect for taking hardwood cuttings from shrubs and trees to create more plants for your garden or yard.

These plants are authentic choices for a Japanese garden and provide color, contrast of form and a meditative beauty to a reflection garden area.

There are millions, perhaps billions of bacteria and fungi that come into contact with plants every day.

Proper pruning methods can increase fruit and flower production, and discourage diseases by increasing air circulation and allowing light to reach the plant.

How to prune a shrub and when to prune a shrub. Which shrubs flower on new wood and which on old wood.

An unsightly, overgrown apple tree, consumed with wildlife, can become a tidy, productive asset, with a little care and attention.

Maybe your lilac bush didn't produce flowers this spring. This article will give you step by step instructions on how to make it produce more heavenly scented blossoms.

Late summer is a good time to remove suckers sprouting at the base of landscape trees as well as unwanted growth spurred by pruning cuts.

Organic gardeners depend on garden tools to help them get high performing flowering and vegetable plants in the natural landscape.

Floral bouquets are beautiful. But unless you take time to preserve them, they won't last more than a few days. Here are some tips for preserving cut flowers.

Parentheses are the oft-ignored offspring of punctuation. But their use as a literary device in your writing could prove indispensable. It has for many great authors.

Geraniums, roses and begonias are just a few of the many varieties of flowers that can be quickly multiplied through cuttings. Anyone can master the simple process.