Late fall is an ideal time to prune many trees and shrubs because their branch structure is visible after the leaves have ...

Identifying a dominant leader and cutting away any competing leaders when a tree is young will allow it to grow more robustly and live longer, said a local certified arborist. Contact Curtis Short: ...

The bare branches of trees are starkly beautiful against the winter sky. They also make it easier to have the trees pruned. Without leaves, it is easier for a trained arborist to see a tree’s ...

Question: I have a very large mulberry tree that offers great shade on the west side of my house in the summer. Last spring, I hired someone to cut back the limbs over the house and carport where they ...

If you're new to gardening and are just deciding which tools you need, you might want to understand the difference between ...

Discover our selection of plants to never prune in December, including spring-flowering shrubs that won't bloom and trees ...

Pruning of landscape shade trees can technically be done any time of year, though the winter season is the best time for major pruning. It is good to do it when the trees are dormant because they need ...

Severe pruning — a.k.a. “coat racking” — is never good for ficus and other evergreen trees, but pruning during high heat is even worse. Evergreen trees like the ficus that were heavily pruned outside ...

Winter is the perfect time to prune oak trees. Oak trees are special for many reasons: they’re Iowa’s state tree, they’re important to our ecosystem and — they shouldn’t be pruned during the spring ...

I have been pruning a bit on all three trees for a number years and following the advice in an older Ortho Book for Growing ...

Gardening season is taking its long winter nap, but you may still have questions. For answers, turn to Ask an Expert, an online question-and-answer tool from Oregon State University’s Extension ...

In most cases, you can trim a neighbor's tree that hangs over your fence or crosses onto your property line. This is what to ...