With some plants, pruning is optional. This is not true of many fruit trees. Not only must you prune them for fruit ...

It's also important to have a pruning saw to cut off larger branches. A bush tree is the most common form of fruit tree, with an open arrangement of branches growing from a short trunk.

If you want to ensure that your garden will grow more abundant fruits and flowers after winter, a few plants need to be ...

January is a perfect time to prune certain plants, according to gardening expert Craig Wilson, co-founder and director at ...

And people actually call it pruning ... for any tree — topping ornamental pears to “save them” from their fate — is out of their mind. Let me back up and explain. Ornamental pear trees ...

Pruning is necessary for various reasons. Winter pruning aims to encourage vigour so that fruit trees are productive and shrubs don’t outgrow their space. Most plants enter a dormant state ...

For January, this includes pruning apple and pear trees to encourage regrowth - but the gardening charity emphasises the importance of not overdoing it. According to guidance on its website ...

Gardeners who have apple or pear trees are being urged to inspect them ... try to cut out all infected material. All such pruning should remove all brown, infected bark and wood, cutting back ...