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.

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.

Some cherry and plum trees in the central Ohio area are turning black from a fungal disease. Here's what you need to know.

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.

Keen gardeners can currently pick up four delicious fruit trees for a massive £50 less, thanks to this Gardening Express sale ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

There is such a thing as root-to-shoot ratio. What that means is that the top of the oleander tree returns to its pre-pruning height as quickly as possible. It’s because of the size of the roots.

Large; Follow us . Chandigarh: In a bid to promote tree health and curb the increasing incidence of tree falling during high winds, the UT forest department will come up with a tree pruning policy ...