GENEVA — Area residents kept arborist Alan Siewert busy with questions Saturday during Community Days at Memorial Field.

Use the proper safety equipment. Eye protection is essential. Gloves can reduce scrapes and cuts from hand tools and thorns. Long sleeves and gloves can also help protect against poison ivy. Proper ...

Pruning shrubs is always a stress-inducing topic for home gardeners. Well, at least it is if you know there are best ...

Gardening expert Alan Titchmarsh has revealed the five shrubs that every garden should have, as they provide form, colour and ...

More trees create more benefits—clean air, shade, homes for wildlife, storm water management, and increased home values. More ...

Pruning, Shaping, and Wiring. Dogwood trees are fairly fast-growing trees, with new shoots popping out quickly when springtime hits. The new shoots should be left to grow until four or five nodes ...

Two of Cervoni’s favorites include Kousa dogwood, which is more disease resistant than native dogwood, and redbud trees (seen here), which have gorgeous spring flowers that don’t leave a big ...

Pruning 1/3 of the oldest stems to the ground each year promotes younger stems with better color. ... Some dogwood trees can be underplanted with groundcovers to reduce weeds and add more greenery.

If you want to prune your dogwood trees, any other time of the year is perfect, depending on your pruning goals. Pros recommend straying away from too much pruning and only getting rid of 15% to ...

Common Dogwood Credit: Shutterstock There are many varieties of dogwood, from trees to shrubs, but the common dogwood is a deciduous shrub that benefits from annual pruning.

Residents of Salisbury can take home a free redbud or Cherokee Princess dogwood to plant in their yards. Over 300 of these trees will be offered, on a first come-first served basis.