Yews (Taxus spp.*) are narrow-leaf evergreens that are popular hedge plants. They are tolerant of more shade than most evergreens and make excellent foundation shrubs. If you would like to trim your ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Boxwood Q • I wasn’t able to prune my boxwoods, yews and burning bushes this summer, and they’ve gotten too big. Is it too late ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Missouri Botanical Garden Plantfinder Q • I have a couple of overgrown yews that I need to cut back. What is the best time of ...

Topiary is the art of growing trees and shrubs as living sculptures -- cubes, spheres, obelisks, animal shapes or combinations of these. The tradition has flourished in various places at different ...

A hedge often makes a fantastic way of creating a boundary and giving privacy to a backyard. Pruning hedges is important to keep the plants healthy, well-shaped, and under control - as they can ...

The next few weeks are some of the year’s best for pruning landscape plants – mainly woody-stemmed ones that already have bloomed for the year, as well as most needled evergreens. Spring-blooming ...

I take possession of a new home in early January, and wonder how to approach renovating the garden. The garden has many plants that are either overgrown or that I do not care for. I want to balance my ...