Knowing when and how to prune cotoneaster shrubs, trees, and hedges means healthy plants and lots of flowers and berries.

One of the commonest, yet most desirable, garden shrubs is Cotoneaster horizontalis. In many ways it is a victim of its own success, for it is so ubiquitous that snobs enjoy despising it. Its ...

Fewer trees and shrubs should be pruned in late winter than is often thought. Pruning stimulates new, healthy growth, encourages good flowering and trains a plant to the desired shape and size.