So if pruning your grape vine is a gardening job you haven’t got round to yet, you need to act now if you want a happy, healthy and fruitful plant to enjoy all summer long.

In order to keep its blooms healthy and beautiful, Johnsen recommends pruning shrubby cinquefoil ( Potentilla fruticosa) in ...

Timing is critical, and pruning should occur in the spring after the last frost, which is generally mid-May. Grapes are quite sensitive and easily freeze if they are exposed to lower temperatures.

"It's a late season bloomer, flowering in late summer through fall ... Who doesn't love a bushel of juicy, delicious grapes? Howland recommends pruning these vines (Vitis vinifera) in April ...