Pruning is an essential gardening job throughout the year to keep plants healthy. With autumn now here, a plant expert has shared six plants to prune now in order to keep them thriving. Ash Read, ...

Pruning is typically thought about as an autumn or spring task, but winter pruning has its place. In winter, active growth slows down significantly, and plants rest for a few months. That’s why the ...

Harvesting fresh raspberries from your home garden is a fulfilling experience, and with some thoughtful pruning, you can maximize your harvest. By removing old and diseased canes and thinning out new ...

Raspberries are bramble-type fruit plants that send up new shoots from the ground every year. They’re generally hardy in USDA Plant Hardiness Zones 3 to 9, and can easily form a thicket if not pruned ...

Raspberries, a favorite of many home gardeners, are relatively easy to grow, and are hardy and productive in most of Iowa. If given proper care, a 100-foot-long row of red raspberries can produce 100 ...

Are you daydreaming of future cobblers, crumbles, jams, jellies and pies? If you grow your own cane fruit/brambles, early spring, while the plants are still dormant, is an important time for plant ...

Q: In April I created a cactus garden and I have it under a grow light for 12 hours a day. It has started growing some skinny tops on some of the plants. Will these fill out, or just get more gangly?

I planted bare-root raspberries “Autumn Bliss” a few years ago. The first year all but one plant died. Thinking I had neglected them, I bought more bare-root plants and planted them in the same bed ...

A recent conversation with Barbara Mohr included a question that required some research. Her black raspberry plants were doing poorly and producing little fruit. She said: The plants were four years ...

Caneberries, such as raspberries and blueberries, require pruning in the winter months to remove all dead, dying, damaged, and diseased canes (stems). Pruning raspberry and blackberry plants improves ...