black raspberry bush with three large clusers of ripe and unripe berries - Milanika/Getty Images Pruning is an important part of caring for any raspberry plants. Black raspberry plants (Rubus ...

Break out the leather gloves, heavy long sleeve shirt or coat, pruners and head out to your raspberry patch. Proper routine pruning can help reduce the risk of disease, manage insect pests and boost ...

Essentially, when thinking about plants to prune in spring, you must focus on winter-blooming shrubs, like mahonia, that have exhausted all blooms and can be rejuvenated before they prepare for next ...

Older man pruning tall shrubs in snowy yard. - Svetlana-cherruty/Getty Images Even though perennial plants are still at rest during February's waning days of winter, you still have work to do if you ...

A pair of pruning shears in March can decide the fate of an entire summer harvest. One careless cut can remove future fruit, weaken a plant, or push growth in the wrong direction long before warm ...

Q: I was given raspberry shoots late last summer. How long will it take for them to produce fruit? A: Since your new plants from last year survived the winter and are growing, you are well on your way ...

Each method of cutting plants serves a specific purpose.