Plants can't stay healthy without healthy roots. They're essential for absorbing water and nutrients and provide structure and support. Given how important roots are, you might assume that you should ...

Face it, it happens at least once in our gardening lives: The plant we thought would be perfect here really would look better there. So, if this is your dilemma, there is a tried-and-true method for ...

Face it, it happens at least once in our gardening lives: The plant we thought would be perfect here really would look better there. So, if this is your dilemma, there is a tried-and-true method for ...

SINCE JANUARY IS almost over, and it starts the year off with that extra 31st day, how about I sneak in one more “extra” article about pruning? I do this in response to a client who was asking about ...

WELL, IT APPEARS the rainy fall weather has arrived, which is a good thing. As is seeing snow up in the mountains. As promised last week, I will explain the advantages to several types of root pruning ...

Root pruning is necessary once a potted plant grows as large as you want it to get. This pruning slows stem growth and makes room for new roots. Check whether root pruning is needed by sliding the ...

We re-potted a house plant that was constantly wilting and that seems to help. Is it possible that the plant is too large and needs a “haircut”? Answer: Potted plants benefit from root pruning as well ...

"Root pruning" sounds like such a brutal way to treat a plant. Yet it's a periodic necessity once any potted plant has grown as large as you want it to. Potted plants — like other plants — grow, and ...