Lilacs are popular flowering shrubs for their fragrant colorful blooms. Many gardeners wonder exactly how and when to prune lilacs. Birds & Blooms reader Ken Kuhnen of Machesney Park, Illinois, wrote ...

Lilacs should be pruned annually as part of your spring/summer garden maintenance checklist. If your lilac bush is overgrown, it can withstand more rigorous pruning for rejuvenation. Lilac growth is ...

CORVALLIS — The lush fragrance of lilacs defines late spring. These beauties are as durable as they are lovely. They are cold hardy, city-tough and not picky about soil. They make vigorous tall ...

Dear Neil: What time of year is best to dig a red oak that has come up near my house? Would I ever want to consider just leaving it? A: All trees and shrubs should be transplanted during their winter ...

Plants and trees have been feeling the impact of Minnesota’s mild winter and wet spring that followed. Some people have seen their lilac bushes looking a bit different this year and experts are ...

Gardening season has been put to bed for winter, but you may still have questions. For answers, turn to Ask an Expert, an online question-and-answer tool from Oregon State University’s Extension ...

QI have a large maple tree in my back yard with a branch span of maybe 40 feet. It has a fair amount of above-ground roots. Am I safe covering up some of the roots to make the ground even to plant ...