Stunning flowering vines to turn your small balcony into a sanctuary

If you’re short on floor space but big on gardening dreams, flowering vines are your best ally. These climbers grow ...

Prune, don’t butcher, your trees and shrubs

Spring-flowering shrubs such as Lilacs, Forsythia, and pruning group A Clematis are the key exceptions. These plants set their flower buds on wood produced the previous year, so pruning them in late ...

Best for scent, shade and more: 30 climbing plants for all gardens – including honeysuckle

Browse our pick of the best climbing plants. From flowering climbing plants to the best rambling plants to attract wildlife, there's something for every garden.
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A still life of a passion flower, a daffodil, a carnation and other flowers in a glass vase beside a split fig on a stone ledge

32.5 x 26 cm. (12.8 x 10.2 in.) Subscribe now to view details for this work, and gain access to over 18 million auction results. Purchase One-Day Pass ...
The New Zealand Herald

Avocado orchard pruning: How autumn cuts improve flower set and fruit

Autumn pruning topped the list of topics at a recent field day on John and Mary Bowen's avocado orchard at Katikati. Prune now, and your avocado crop will perform later. This was the message from New ...
Daily Express

Monty Don’s eight-word flower pruning rule that will lead to huge blooms

12:12, Sat, Mar 21, 2026 Updated: 12:12, Sat, Mar 21, 2026 Monty Don draws on an old rhyme when it comes to advising gardeners on pruning. The BBC Gardeners' World presenter, writing on his blog ...
The Mirror

4 garden plants you should never prune in March — or risk no flowers in summer

Pruning is designed to boost a plant's wellbeing and enhance its visual appeal. The process involves cutting away dead, diseased or dying branches and stems to stimulate fresh growth. Yet this could ...
AOL

7 Shrubs You Should Prune This Spring for More Blooms in Summer

Getting the timing right is half the battle when it comes to pruning flowering shrubs. Prune at the wrong time, and you’ll lop off developing flower buds. Or prune too late in the growing season, and ...
Crime

Monty Don's important six-word advice on exactly when to prune plants in 2026

As March arrives and gardens start showing signs of life, numerous gardeners instinctively grab their secateurs to neaten plants and stimulate fresh growth. However, pruning at an inappropriate moment ...
Daily Express

Monty Don urges gardeners to prune 6 plants before the end of March for ‘lots of flowers’

Pruning is an essential gardening activity for managing growth, sculpting plants, developing flowering or fruiting stems for the coming season, and, crucially, eliminating dead, damaged or diseased ...
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

To prune, or not to prune? And when, and how, and why? These are the questions.

For shrub roses like Knock-outs, prune them back at least by one third each year. Most roses bloom on new growth, and if you aren't pruning, they don't put on as much new growth, leaving a large bush ...