Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fig tree. Maintaining a happy and healthy fig tree is essential if you want to get tasty and juicy fruit, and the key to keeping ...

Which branches — if any — should you be cutting off your young trees? You can't glue the wrong choices back on!

A guide to five flowering trees to prune in early spring, as you sacrifice flowers and growth if they are trimmed any later, plus expert pruning advice.

The best time to prune crepe myrtles is before new growth appears, so what happens if you prune crepe myrtles later in the ...

A woman prunes a bare fruit tree with shears on a cold winter day with snow on the ground. - Irina Nazarova/Getty Images While the rest of your garden is sleeping peacefully under a blanket of snow or ...

I asked an experienced arborist the other day what he thought about pruning apple trees in the fall. His answer was the same as mine: “Prune when you have time and the pruners in your hand.” Yes, ...

Just like humans, trees should get regular "haircuts" to stay looking and feeling their best. For trees, this is called "pruning," and it's the process of selectively removing or trimming problematic ...

Healthy peach trees deliver an abundance of sweet, dessert-ready fruit at harvest time, but require proper pruning methods to do so. Whether you're nurturing just a few trees or managing a vast ...

I love to prune trees and shrubs; now is the time to start. I worked this past weekend on a ginkgo at my daughter’s house that was out of control. It has two main trunks and lots of branches coming ...

One of the most common questions we receive in Extension is: When is the best time to prune my fruit trees? The general rule ...

Have you heard of Egyptian apple pie? It’s the type mummy used to make. Apples are the most common homegrown fruit in Northern regions. Most apple tree owners know they’re supposed to prune their ...

One of Fort Collins' wettest summers on record might have produced significant tree growth in your yard. While that's a good thing in Colorado, all that growth might have your trees looking gangly ...