Knowing how to prune a pear tree is essential as December approaches. The colder weather is the perfect time to shape your plant, ensure that it's healthy before the spring growth starts and ...

Despite the chilly January weather, gardening experts say this is actually an ideal time to get pruning in your garden. With ...

The perfect time has arrived to prune your apple and pear trees. The dormant period, lasting from November to early March ...

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

Trained trees, such as espaliers, cordons, pyramids and fans should be pruned in late August or early September. When pruning it's essential to keep your secateurs sharp. Blunt tools can cause ...

Ornamental pear trees (many of you call them Bradford pears ... an “accident waiting to happen” really worth the repeated pruning expense? Not to mention that ornamental pears have now ...

By Amy-Lynn Albertson N.C. Cooperative Extension Many people believe my job slows down during winter, thinking I have a “break.” In reality, winter can serve as a precursor to what is to come in ...

Can I reduce the height of my apple trees so all the fruit is within reach without a ladder? Is this a good time to prune apple and other fruit trees?