A guide to when and how to prune fan-trained fruit trees for healthy trees and bumper crops, including tips for training trees and pruning established trees.

In advance of the fruit tree pruning demonstration, here is a brief reminder of the principles of fruit tree pruning. Proper pruning shapes the tree to allow good sun exposure. This encourages optimal ...

This list of curated articles highlights Marianne Binetti's practical gardening tips for winter in the Pacific Northwest. Binetti advises on plant care, pruning, and issues with common houseplants.

Prune these in winter: Birch trees, willows, maples, fruit trees, some hydrangeas, shrub hibiscus, twig dogwoods, shade trees and ornamental grasses. Trees that ooze sap during the spring are best ...

A free workshop set for 9 a.m.-noon Feb. 14 at the Runge Conservation Nature Center is aimed at landowners looking for ways to beautify, enhance or improve their property. Attendees will learn about ...

If you're interested in growing your own fruit trees but live in a colder climate, you still have options. Consider this ...

Some plants, like avocado trees, grow stronger and more cold hardy as they mature. They also become more difficult to cover.

Fig trees are prolific growers and can mature at 10 to 30 feet tall and wide. Pruning controls their size so they grow more bushlike than treelike. Native to Asia and the Mediterranean, they thrive in ...

MARSHFIELD − The City of Marshfield will prune terrace trees this winter, according to a community announcement. The work will take place from South Central Avenue to South Peach Avenue and from East ...

Whenever the topic of inheritance comes up, there are a couple of jokes that people will usually make, and one of them, if the inheritance is shared, is something along the lines of killing the other ...

Focus on removing branches that are dead, weak, rubbing against others, or growing in the wrong direction to improve plant health. Deciduous trees like Japanese maples can be thinned out to showcase ...

Trees across Michigan are just wrapping up their display of fall color, with the reds, oranges and yellows of oak trees often taking center stage. That annual autumn color fest may be at risk, though, ...