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After a summer of tending to vegetables and flowerbeds, winter can be the perfect time to step back and focus on chores that keep your garden running in tip-top shape. For some people, winter garden ...

Depending on the kind of winter we are having, I prune our trees and shrubs sometime between Groundhog Day and St. Patrick’s Day. It’s my holiday tradition. The timing is partly for my psychological ...

Q: My quince has lovely orange/pink blossoms every year, but they're hidden down low on the bush. In other words, there is a fair amount of green growing up beyond the blossoms, and I'm wondering if I ...

The lower temperatures and less light of November trigger deciduous trees to enter dormancy this month. As they begin their slumber for the colder months, the window for pruning them opens to the ...

Q: I have a shrub called a quince that blooms early with bright orange flowers. Last spring it had a problem with some of the branches turning black and the ends curling up. When should I cut out the ...

Q: For the past decade, we’ve had a large quince at the intersection of our driveway and the public sidewalk. It is beautiful when it shows color, January through April. Some pruning has been done to ...

Blooming quince, Chaenomeles, Rosaceae family, is a thorny, deciduous shrub or tree. We have quince shrub bushes that are blooming a bit early, as are the beautiful almond orchards. Usually, the ...

A flowering quince (Chaenomeles sp.) is an attractive, easy-to-grow shrub loved for beautiful spring blossoms that provide pops of color early in the season. As well as ornamental flowers and foliage, ...