Canna lilies, vibrant and tropical-looking, will add bold color to your garden. To help them stay healthy year round, canna lilies need pruning. How, and how much, you have to prune canna lilies ...

Q: Canna lilies... once they have bloomed, will that same stalk rebloom? Do I cut the flower off just below the bloom or all the way down to the bottom? It seems to me that someone said they will ...

Question. We recently purchased a home and have two crape myrtles that bloomed profusely last year. When do you prune these plants, and how far back to do the trimming? Answer. Now is the time most ...

Q: How should I prune my cannas? We have two large clumps and need advice about preparing them for spring. E.W., Baytown A: Cut stalks with tattered or brown foliage to the ground. This also helps ...

We have had some freezes here on the north shore this winter, and some of my tropicals have been damaged. I have some cannas, elephant ears, bananas, hibiscus and an angel trumpet that show various ...

QUESTION: We live on the North Shore. Our hibiscus plants are all brown and denuded from the freezes. If we cut them to the ground, will they come back? When is the best time to do this? Also when is ...

June has long been regarded as one of the best months to enjoy a perennial garden because flowers peak before wilting weather sets in. It’s also the time to do some late-spring and early-summer ...

– After mid-May, plant tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, cucumbers and squash. – Plant tubers of caladium, cannas and dahlias around mid-May. – Disbud peonies for larger blooms. Keep tip bud and pinch out ...