The best time to prune most of our deciduous trees and shrubs is late winter. One reason is that insect pests and plant ...

As the winter’s snow melts away, spring chores and promises slowly take shape and gardeners begin sharpening and oiling their pruning tools. Is late winter and early spring the best time to ...

Trained trees, such as espaliers, cordons, pyramids and fans should be pruned in late August or early September. When pruning it's essential to keep your secateurs sharp. Blunt tools can cause ...

Now is the time for some winter pruning on ornamental shrubs and trees. From December to late March is the perfect time to ...

MacCubbin gives advice on gardening in Florida including care of Ti plants, palm trees, broccoli, petunias, tomatoes, crape ...

SNOW PEA PICKIN': Pick snow peas in the vegetable garden frequently. Ideally, the pods should be harvested when flat before ...

The acer can grow quickly from one year to the next, so it will need an annual tidy-up to keep looking neat and tidy. This is particularly the case if you are trying to maintain its size and shape.

You’ll probably notice a lot of tree pruning taking place on the North Campus over the next several months. UB is contracting with a Clarence company to prune some 844 trees on the Amherst campus ...

"This allows you to examine the branches closely without having leaves or new growth in the way," says Lorin Nielsen, head horticulturist at Epic Gardening. When pruning a mature fig tree ...

Which type of cherry tree do I have? There are three groups of cherries, based on different species, and it is important to know which you have, as established trees are pruned differently. Sweet ...

Both trees and summer-blooming shrubs should ... rule of never removing more than 1/3 of the branches or leaf area at one time. When pruning time arrives, you’ll want to bring out a sharp ...