Pruning is an important and necessary step in growing roses. Pruning keeps the plant healthy. It promotes new growth, removes dead, broken or diseased canes and trains roses to a desired shape. Pruning encourages flowering, either more blooms or larger blooms, and is essential to keep modern rose varieties blooming repeatedly all summer long. When …
Pruning Clematis Vines
The goal, when pruning clematis vines is to get the best display of flowers on the plant that you can. The type of pruning you do depends on when your plants flower. If you don’t know which kind you have (spring, summer or twice-blooming), watch your vines for a year to see when they flower, …
Hosta Division
Most gardeners think of dividing hosta in the spring when gardening enthusiasm is at its highest. In practice, hosta can be divided at any point in the gardening year that the ground isn’t frozen, but there are times that are better than others. Why Not Spring? One of the drawbacks to dividing in the spring …
Dividing Perennials
A common maintenance chore in a perennial garden is that of dividing. There is no set rule as to when to divide perennials. Some may need division every 3-5 years, some 8-10 years and some would rather you not bother them at all. When to Divide Your Plants Perennials will send signals to let you …