Large trees can create a quiet shady spot, but their roots can pose problems in your yard. Follow these recommendations to ...

Though you can prune a lemon tree any time of year to remove problem areas, the best time for an annual pruning to promote ...

Trees add significant value to our landscapes, but sometimes trees can become somewhat problematic in their crown, trunk, or roots. Also, when nurturing newly planted trees, some strategic pruning in ...

Pruning is essential if you want to keep your fruit trees healthy. Doing this will stimulate healthy growth, and over time, help the tree develop stronger branches. With most apple trees, November is ...

VALENTINES DAY IS here and gone, and the too-good weather just keeps rolling onto the North Olympic Peninsula. This means that everyone has been busy biking, walking, hiking, using the kayaks or boats ...

THE scientific work carried on at the Woburn Experimental Fruit Farm, the Duke of Bedford and Mr. Spencer LI. Pickering, F.R.S., is of great value to horticulturists, who usually follow rule-of-thumb ...

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 ...

Also called lemon cypress, Monterey cypress is one of the most stunning evergreen trees with chartreuse new growth and bright ...

Q: I have a large old 40-foot oleander tree. Every year as it begins to flower, some of the leaves turn yellow and drop. I realize I may need to fertilize, but I was also thinking of cutting the ...

The apple trees looked half-dead. They formed a neat line in a scrubby lot on a quiet neighborhood street. I felt compelled to pat their scrawny trunks and say, “It’s going to be OK.” The bare ...

A study of the São Paulo city center in Brazil proposed guidelines and specified stakeholder roles for reducing the number of tree failures, which average 2,000 per year there In São Paulo, Brazil’s ...