No fan of Bradford pears or butterfly bushes, the Master Gardener offers some better alternatives for your yard and the ...

The profusion of tangled branches on an unpruned apple tree can look confusing to a beginner. Get started by making six basic ...

The cool days of late March and early April offer a great chance to finish pruning your trees and shrubs. When pruning large ...

M ature, healthy trees are among the most valuable assets on any residential property. After all, a fifty-year-old tree ...

But if next door’s overgrown trees or shrubs are "trespassing" into your yard, you’re probably wondering if you’re allowed to prune your neighbor's foliage? In fact, this is a common dilemma for ...

When it comes to landscaping, simplicity equals good design and low maintenance. Low maintenance landscapes are designed so ...

Coppicing may seem, on paper, a somewhat brutal pruning technique as trees or shrubs are cut back to the ground. However, it ...

Other tender shrubs that should be pruned in spring include cistus and rosemary. Flowering shrubs that bloomed in the summer, ...

“Spring-blooming shrubs and trees should be pruned after they flower,” she says. “If you prune them in late winter or early ...

Second, this extreme pruning induces the tree to send up hundreds of sprouts from the stumps where the branches used to be. This takes an enormous amount of energy and will weaken the tree.

Most apple tree owners know they’re supposed to prune their trees, but it’s not always clear how to do it. Apple tree pruning isn’t as complicated as it might seem, once we understand what ...