This shrub can be found throughout the South, and its popularity just grows and grows. The New Southern Living Garden Book describes, “This old-fashioned favorite has renewed popularity due to its ...

Get Neil Sperry's gardening answers on yellow butterfly vine propagation, pruning figs and abelias, fertilizing winter ...

Many shrubs benefit from pruning each year. We prune them to remove stray branches and suckers, keep the plants to a manageable size, and maintain an attractive shape. For some shrubs, pruning also ...

The author's rarely pruned hedge of Abelia x grandiflora provides months of butterfly and hummingbird watching. The author's rarely pruned hedge of Abelia x grandiflora provides months of butterfly ...

What: Abelia “Edward Goucher,” has an extended bloom time — from summer into late autumn. The abelia’s tubular, half-inch-long, soft pink flowers provide beauty and pollinator sustenance. The glossy ...

Now is the time for some winter pruning on ornamental shrubs and trees. From December to late March is the perfect time to prune most (but not all) of your trees and shrubs. There are several reasons ...

A compact flowering shrub with trumpet-shaped pink flowers from mid-summer to early fall. Pinky Bells™ has fingernail-sized, glossy green leaves that emerge reddish and larger flowers than most ...

Abelias first came to the United States in the early 1900s from eastern Asia and Mexico, and they have been garden favorites since that time. These are sturdy plants that grow best in full sun to part ...

Mid- to late-winter provides an excellent opportunity to prune a variety of plants in the landscape. Plants that can be pruned now include most hedges, shrubs and shade trees, and summer-flowering ...

During winter, most woody plants are dormant, as are the many diseases and insects that can potentially invade pruning cuts. Therefore, pruning when the weather is cold prevents your freshly pruned ...