If needed, extensive pruning should be done to spring-flowering trees and shrubs soon after they finish flowering. Prune ...

Peach trees are generally considered easy to grow—but that doesn't mean you can skip pruning. Pruning is an essential step in ensuring that your tree produces as much quality fruit as possible and can ...

Thought you were all done with gardening chores for the winter? Not so fast. Now is the perfect time to prune your trees and ...

There is a right way to prune trees and if done improperly, there could be irreparable damage to the tree. During these ...

I sat down with Russell Norton a horticulture and agriculture educator with the Cape Cod Cooperative Extension and started by asking him: why do we prune?

There are some large limbs hanging too low over my patio that I need to address before spring. Can I just prune these ...

Heading back, rejuvenation, and thinning trees and shrubs takes a bit more care to maintain the normal, desired shape of the ...

▪ Topping trees, most notably tree-form crape myrtles. This used to be done to mimosas as well. It ruins the plants’ natural ...

In the wake of our recent catastrophic fires, much can be written about the value of firescaping and its principles, and I ...

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 ...

and prune properly. As far as hardy plants not damaged by the cold, you should avoid pruning any flowering trees or shrubs that are blooming now or will bloom before May, including hydrangeas and ...

Where pruning cuts in a tree are improperly made, these cuts cannot properly heal and present an open invitation to pathogenic fungi. Once fungal spores get into an open wound where a faulty ...