Harvesting fresh raspberries from your home garden is a fulfilling experience, and with some thoughtful pruning, you can maximize your harvest. By removing old and diseased canes and thinning out new ...

"Bramble" is the common name for the genus Rubus which includes raspberries, blackberries and their hybrids and cultivars. The term bramble is used to denote “thorniness” a common trait among these ...

Summer-fruiting raspberries (floricane) produce canes every year. These new canes grow throughout the summer, go dormant in the winter and produce raspberries the following summer, before dying back.

As summer comes to an end, it's easy to assume that things in the garden will also start to wind down – but don't be too hasty to hang up your gardening gloves, as there are still plenty of important ...

It turns out it's not time to hang up the gardening gloves just yet - experts reveal there are five popular plants that should be pruned in September before it's too late Here are five plants to prune ...

Raspberry plants can easily dry out and become brittle in autumn, but there is an easy way to keep them safe if you add just one item to the soil. Raspberries are known for being easy to grow and can ...

Just because the summer's at its end doesn't mean your gardening tasks are over too. One of the most important tasks that gardeners will have to keep up with in autumn is pruning. It refers to the ...

Q: My crapemyrtle has white stuff on the bark that I’ve never noticed before, though the foliage looks unaffected, if a bit dull lately. I thought these plants were pretty pest-free, so what might ...