Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. white spirea flowers Spirea, or spiraea, are popular perennial shrubs with pretty blooms in spring and summer. They're generally ...

Spirea is a group of hardworking flowering shrubs that grow with gusto in all kinds of conditions. With all that growth, these plants benefit from an annual trim, but when to prune spirea? It depends ...

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 ...

One task that home gardeners can spend a lot of time on is pruning their shrubs. There are four reasons that you might engage in this task: to affect flower or fruit production; to direct the growth ...

The next few weeks are some of the year’s best for pruning landscape plants – mainly woody-stemmed ones that already have bloomed for the year, as well as most needled evergreens. Spring-blooming ...

White spirea flowers blooming on a bush surrounded by rich green leaves - Anna Nelidova/Getty Images Spirea (Spiraea spp.) is a shrub that's hardy in USDA Zones 4 to 8, though some of them can ...

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 ...

When I was a child, my mother had three spirea bushes planted along the edge of our yard. Each spring, when they burst into bloom, my sisters and I would cut long arching, flowering branches and twist ...

Looking for an easy shrub to grow? You must try a spirea — pronounced spye-REE-ah. There are basically two types. One is the bridal wreath with cascading branches of numerous crisp white flowers that ...

Now that you’ve tackled most of your early spring chores such as yard cleanup, planting your vegetables, and early-season lawn care, you’re ready to turn to other maintenance tasks, such as pruning.