With winter approaching, your gardening to-do list is filled with maintenance tasks, like raking leaves, mulching plants, and removing snow. You might consider pruning trees, too—but not all of them ...

Sure, unpruned fruit trees can still produce a crop. But knowing how to prune fruit trees properly helps them be more productive and the fruit will be easier to harvest. This guide explains the ...

Spring is the worst time of year to prune your dogwood tree because you can negatively impact spring blooms. If you want to prune your dogwood trees, any other time of the year is perfect, depending ...

It’s important to know how to prune a lemon tree if you want a healthy plant abundant with zesty fruit. Lemon trees are a popular addition to patios, and make delightful house plants in conservatories ...

Healthy peach trees deliver an abundance of sweet, dessert-ready fruit at harvest time, but require proper pruning methods to do so. Whether you're nurturing just a few trees or managing a vast ...

The beginning of February means it is time to consider the big hack job or to simply get snippy with some of your trees, shrubs and perennials. To prune or not to prune, that is the question. The ...

Over-pruning palms can lead to reduced food production, winter hardiness, and increased nutrient deficiencies and disease. Ideally, only dead fronds and fruit/flower stalks should be pruned, leaving a ...

Have you heard of Egyptian apple pie? It’s the type mummy used to make. Apples are the most common homegrown fruit in Northern regions. Most apple tree owners know they’re supposed to prune their ...

You probably aren’t watering or pruning the 75-foot oak or maple in the front yard, but mature trees aren’t maintenance free.

With the height of hurricane season here, you should know how to minimize wind damage. Trees and shrubs can grow too large or unbalanced to be able to withstand windstorms so it is wise to learn how ...