Start getting your trees and plants back into shape

Pruning extends the health and life of all the trees in your garden.

Sharpen your pruning skills

Pruning extends the health and life of all the trees in your garden, enhances their beauty and prevents them from crowding out other plants.

MINTER: Don’t put off the chance to give shape to shrubs

Spring isn't quite here yet but there are a few trees that should be pruned but flowering shrubs not until later after they bloom.

Indulge in Louisiana's grand flowering tree, the Southern magnolia

One of the remarkable things about our native Southern magnolia is that it retains its foliage year-round -- most magnolia species around the world are deciduous.

The Garden Guru: Get outside and prepare your yard for spring

Two or three weeks from now, bulbs will be blooming and trees and shrubs will be leafing.