You’re getting impatient for spring to arrive. You’ve had enough of winter. Mother Nature, however, is on her own schedule.

I was out in the garden pruning last Saturday and took the opportunity to save some magnolia branches with flower buds to bring inside. It’s a tree that I have not tried forcing branches from before, ...

I have been pruning in my garden and wonder if I can bring in some branches and get them to flower. If so, how should I proceed? Spring-flowering trees and shrubs such as lilacs and crabapples form ...

Many gardeners are busy pruning shrubs to remove winter damage, control the size, or provide a bit of shaping before the season is well under way. Save some of the branches or cut a few from spring ...