QUESTION: We have four overgrown privet bushes that we would like to murder! When can we cut them back to about 2 feet tall? ANSWER: All the way back to 2 feet might be a little too aggressive. I ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Q • The golden privet hedge in my backyard is 8 feet high with almost all the foliage at the top. What should I do to get the ...

Mr. Baer on Lucas Creek Road in the Denbigh area of Newport News recently trimmed the low hedges that frame his property. The hedges may look like they’ve been butchered but you can bet warm spring ...

Garden tip Sharpen or replace the blades on all pruning tools. Oil the moving parts. A pair of secateurs or hand pruners, a pair of loppers and a folding pruning saw will take care of most jobs.

All too often landscape shrubs become overgrown after many years of reflect. As a result they become ugly in form and need major pruning or replacement. This happened with six large privet shrubs at ...

While many tasks in the garden provide a healthy sense of accomplishment, rejuvenating an overgrown shrub makes you feel like an artist. Transforming a rangy, ugly mock orange or dogwood into a thing ...

Now is the time to cut back ornamental grasses and perennials in preparation for spring growth. There are also certain shrubs that can be pruned, but which ones to prune now depends on why you are ...

Late winter is the right time to prune summer-blooming shrubs like Knockout roses, but not spring bloomers such as azaleas. For most shrubs, the right time to prune depends on why you are pruning them ...

University students pruned and plucked the thicket under Sanford Bridge last weekend, cutting back an exotic weed that's worse than kudzu.About 20 volunteers gleaned piles of privet, which grows up ...