One of the great things about junipers—along with the fact they’re usually ignored by deer—is how self-sufficient they are. Junipers practically set the gold standard for “plant ‘em and forget ‘em” ...

Question: I have an old juniper groundcover that is about 4 feet tall and at least 12 feet wide. I’ve seen these limbed up into a sort of low-growing bonsai so you can see the branches. I’d like to do ...

Junipers are not as forgiving as some plants when it comes to pruning. If done wrong, one will end up with an ugly skeleton of a shrub with bald spots and bare branches. On the bright side, junipers ...

Is there a time of year that is best for trimming/cutting back mature evergreens? I have mature mint juleps shrubs and Spartans (junipers). I have some branches — they're big, long ones — on the ...

One task that home gardeners can spend a lot of time on is pruning their shrubs. There are four reasons that you might engage in this task: to affect flower or fruit production; to direct the growth ...

I used to tell novice pruners to practice on junipers, because I saw them as basically indestructible. That was before I saw the aftermath of my neighbor's practice session. Now I recommend that ...

Q. We have several evergreens in our landscape that need pruning. I have been told we have junipers, yews and a row of taller arbor-vitae in the back. The junipers are spreading over the sidewalk, the ...

Q I planted some junipers 10 years ago that are out of control. They are now five feet tall. Can I prune them without killing them off? A Junipers, like most conifers, do not have the ability to ...

I don't know why anyone plants Pfitzer junipers (Juniperus pfitzeriana). It's one of those shrubs that you plant from a 1-gallon pot, go into the house for lunch and by the time you walk back out the ...