Now is the time to prepare your plants for their winter rest. For some plants, this includes pruning to promote health, shape them, and prevent unwanted pests and diseases from taking over during ...

• Mulch decays rapidly in hot weather. Add a shallow 1- to 3-inch layer of fresh material if the dirt starts to show. • ...

Harvest broccoli rabe when the plants reach 12 inches tall and the heads are around an inch wide. Remove the heads with a sharp knife or pruning shears.

Several other perennials could have made the list of plants to prune in May, as they are also suitable for the ‘Chelsea chop’. If you have yarrow, asters, rudbeckia, penstemon, nepeta, or sedum in ...

MacCubbin gives advice on gardening in Florida including care of Ti plants, palm trees, broccoli, petunias ... It is a temptation to prune out-of-bounds plants but cold weather my lie ahead ...