Find out how to prune fruit trees properly, plus tips for timing your pruning right.

Your grocery store produce looks fresh and healthy, but it often hides a problem. Those gleaming bell peppers and ruby-red ...

A guide to fruit trees to fertilize in April as they awake from their winter slumber, and the best types of products to use.

Technology in all forms drove the discussion at the International Fruit Tree Association winter conference and tours in ...

As we transition from winter to spring, a few peach growers have inquired about protecting their peach trees from a disease they experienced last year – peach leaf curl.

That urge to grab your pruners the moment temperatures rise is one of the most natural impulses in gardening, and one of the ...

Some trees grow into a nice shape at a measured rate with little help from the tree-planter. But most young trees benefit from some selected pruning cuts — especially in the first two to five years — ...

The ideal time to prune a crepe myrtle is February or early March, before the tree shows significant new growth. Timing varies depending on your USDA hardiness zone and when air and soil temperatures ...

AND HOW TO DO IT. WITH A HANDSAW AND A CAREFUL CUT, THIS CAN BE PRIME TIME FOR PRUNING. SO I’LL TAKE THIS BACK AT THE ARNOLD ARBORETUM IN BOSTON. HORTICULTURISTS ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF A NARROW ...

As suspected, the weather has been on a roller coaster lately in our area. Temperatures are rising, then falling, requiring ...

While most varieties of Japanese maples grow only 6 to 12 inches a year, pruning helps maintain their shape and keep them healthy. Remove dead, damaged, or crossing branches to improve airflow and ...

Growing from seed may not give you the results you want.