Dear Neil: I wasn’t able to find the 3-1-2 ratio fertilizer you recommended. I found 18-0-12. Is zero as the middle number satisfactory? I’ve been a garden writer/broadcaster in Texas for several ...

Although cuttings for propagation are most often taken during the growing season, some plants can be grown from hardwood ...

Dear Neil: I have a 10-year-old coral honeysuckle that grows and blooms on top of its fence, but the lower 4 feet is without flowers or foliage. Should it be pruned next March? Answer: That's fairly ...

This honeysuckle was dying for a good renewal pruning. Rejuvenation pruning took the honeysuckle back to short stubs, from which new shoots will grow this spring. The beast of a honeysuckle at the ...

I’ve pruned a lot of plants in my time as a gardener. Some I had to tackle from atop a wobbly ladder, and at least once I had to take shears with me in a cherry picker, to confront a rather ...

Answer: Honeysuckle vines, no matter the variety, seem to do best in full sun. Yours sounds like it might not be getting enough sun to produce a lot of blossoms. If you really want blooms, you might ...

Q: I have six honeysuckle bushes on the east side of my house. They are blocked from sunlight by my neighbor’s house and by his extremely tall evergreen tree. They probably should not have been ...

As well as enjoying the fruits of your labour from earlier in the year – whether it’s picking home-grown veggies or admiring perennials in full bloom – time spent in the garden during July is largely ...

Pruning throughout the year is a crucial gardening job as it can help promote new growth and even a second flowering. The aim is to remove dead, diseased, and damaged branches and stems, which will ...

As well as enjoying the fruits of your labour from earlier in the year – whether it’s picking home-grown veggies or admiring perennials in full bloom – time spent in the garden during July is largely ...