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

Pruning in the dormant season is absolutely necessary for trees that form fruit on new wood. Nectarines and peaches are two trees that benefit from dormant pruning. Others, like apricot, cherry, and ...

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

Spring and summer are considered “the no-pruning season” for oak trees, to help stop the spread of oak wilt disease.

Environmentally focused legislation led by Council Member Nantasha Williams aim to make tree care services more transparent ...

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 ...

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.

Ontario residents are being urged to refrain from pruning oak trees during the no-pruning season, which runs from now until ...

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

Other tender shrubs that should be pruned in spring include cistus and rosemary. Flowering shrubs that bloomed in the summer, including fuchsia and buddleia, should be cut back hard in spring to ...