If you look forward to harvesting fruit from your own apple trees to make jams, pies, and jars of apple butter, the first step is ensuring you have healthy trees. Set your apple trees up for a ...

The first winter I got brave with pruning, I “tidied up” a lilac on a sunny January afternoon. Come spring, the shrub was ...

While winter pruning works best for most deciduous trees, it can reduce blooming in some spring-flowering plants. However, ...

A fruit tree is a great addition to your yard or garden, but like most plants, you need to prune it in specific ways and at ...

Pruning is essential if you want to keep your fruit trees healthy. Doing this will stimulate healthy growth, and over time, help the tree develop stronger branches. With most apple trees, November is ...

Knowing how and when to prune apple trees will help you harvest more fruit. Plus, regular pruning produces sweeter, more ...

It may not look like much is going on in a winter garden, but there's a lot going on behind the scenes. Prune these plants in ...

Having delicious apples right in your back yard is a treat. Our Master gardener will help you decide to go for a dwarf apple ...

If you're lucky enough to live in an area with lots of trees you've probably had to deal with limbs and branches that cross ...

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Late fall is an ideal time to prune many trees and shrubs because their branch structure is visible after the leaves have ...

Peach trees can be grown in cooler zones, but they shouldn't be left to fend for themselves in winter. Learn how to best ...