Maeve asks: When is the recommended period of time to prune the vertical water sprouts out of my ornamental plum tree? Each year they grow several feet. Plum trees are recognized for their tendency to ...

Compared to other fruit trees, growing a plum tree in your yard brings big rewards with relatively little effort. But if there's one task that you cannot skip if you want a plum harvest worth bragging ...

Q: I have apple trees that we prune, but what about the plum tree? Does that need pruning? A: Plums are easier to prune. There aren't as many complicated rules as for apple trees. You can consider ...

I have to admit, this article is about one of my pet peeves, plant butchering. I hope to educate homeowners and commercial landscapers about how the specific growth habits of different plants should ...

If it weren't already apparent from the photos, we're writing about pruning. But that wasn't always the case. With the transition from indoor to outdoor projects, we had a lot of subjects to choose ...

With the early arrival of spring and the abundance of flowering trees, shrubs, and bulbs that seemed to appear all at once, I recently was challenged to identify specific blooming trees according to ...