People frequently tell us how apprehensive they feel about pruning their flowering shrubs, expressing fear that they’ll do it wrong and cause damage. But plants are so resilient that that’s

By Wayne Mezitt It was summer 1969 when my wife Beth and I, with our two babies, moved into the home built by my grandparents where we now live. I

By Wayne Mezitt Most of us have now been confined to our homes far too long, forced to draw upon our personal-creativity resources to keep from being bored, with excessive

Being confined to home these past weeks has created an opportunity to put my thoughts about society in general, and horticulture in particular, into perspective. So much of our normal

By Wayne Mezitt Every April, just as Spring’s embrace envelops our senses, these bright lavender-pink shrubs open their blooms, enlivening so many front yards, seemingly along every street. Their dazzling

By R. Wayne Mezitt Witch-hazel is our earliest garden shrub to bloom every year. Winter’s freezing temperatures keep Hamamelis flowers tightly-held in knobby dormant buds, satisfying an obligatory period of

One of the most influential individuals in this region departed from the horticultural world last Saturday. John Trexler was the Founding Executive Director of Worcester Horticultural Society’s Tower Hill Botanic