When pruning it's essential to keep your secateurs sharp. Blunt tools can cause branches to tear, leading to wounds on the tree that will attract disease. It's also important to have a pruning saw ...

The UK is a nation of gardeners ... "It also goes for your plum tree, as well. This harms them more than good. "Wait until the summer. It protects them from silver leaf." The camera then pans ...

But knowing how to prune fruit ... the tree has an open, vase-like form. This type of pruning works for almond, apricot, cherry, fig, nectarine, peach, pear, persimmon, plum, and pomegranate ...

During a special visit to Wales on Wednesday, Kate, 43, revealed she enjoys making jam when she promised to send her own recipe for a plum preserve ... Back in the UK, the Prince and Princess ...

This means that you can get fruit if you plant just one tree. The 'Italian Prune,' a self-fertile European plum, is a terrific starter tree that makes loads of sweet, bluish-purple fruit.

The fluffy blossom of cherry trees lights up the garden in springtime. Hazel Sillver looks at some of the best varieties to ...

Winter may not seem like the time to think about property care, but it's actually the perfect season for pruning many tree species, according to arboricultural ... just before new growth begins. 5 ...

Don't prune in early spring, as many trees bleed sap if cut at this time of year. The exceptions to the 'deciduous tree' rule are maple, horse chestnut, birch, walnut and cherry trees which all ...