When it comes to herbs, rosemary is one of the first that springs to mind – it's hardy, easy to grow and smells delicious. Learning how to prune rosemary will encourage your healthiest plants yet.

But like all evergreen shrubs, rosemary needs repeated pruning to help maintain the plant and keep it growing healthy. “With a plant like rosemary, whenever you make a cut above a leaf node ...

Low growing hedges used for parterres, knot gardens or as borders around vegetable beds can be kept neat by trimming twice a year. Cut box, rosemary, lonicera, lavender and germander in spring and ...