A 1-foot section of a large limb can also damage the trunk as it falls. In these cases, I support the stub with my hand so it does not fall before the final cut is all the way through.

Incidentally, these pruning principles apply to avocado trees too. ... Klamath plum is a large shrub or small tree growing to a height of 25 feet with a trunk diameter of six inches.

The story of the Thompson seedless grape, from which virtually all raisins are made, is intriguing, too.

Pruning is never a 100% guarantee that a plant will thrive afterward, but I’ve rarely killed anything by pruning, no matter how drastically, if the tree or shrub was healthy before.

How to prune Pruning a bush tree. A bush tree is the most common form of fruit tree, with an open arrangement of branches growing from a short trunk.

I received an email inquiring about pruning practices and immediately began to ruminate on the possibility of a connection between the act of pruning and the fruit known as a prune. It turns out there ...

Growing a plum tree can be a rewarding experience for any gardener. Plums trees, Prunus domestica are members of the rose – or Rosaceae – family, and so unsurprisingly they put on a brilliant ...