Pruning fruit trees helps maintain size and shape, and it's the best way to control your crop. Here's when to prune fruit trees by season and type of tree.

Looking for a winter garden task? Pruning plants, shrubs, and trees can help improve growth and health. Here are some you ...

A healthy fruit tree is a magical thing. Besides providing a wealth of delicious food, a thriving tree creates shade and beauty and increases biodiversity in your yard. To keep fruit trees healthy and ...

Caring for deciduous fruit trees - apples, pears, peaches, plums, apricots, cherries and others - comes down to a few ...

Columnist Robin Trott talks about why winter pruning works on certain trees and shrubs and why it doesn't on some flowers.

There's no one month in which all fruit trees should be pruned since each variety has different needs, and there are different reasons for pruning, whether that's trimming off leafy growth to ...

It’s just about that time to prune your fruit trees, while they’re still dormant. Fruit trees are treated a bit differently than shade trees when it comes to pruning. While we never want to over-prune ...

Discover a selection of stone fruit trees and others that should never be pruned in winter, along with expert advice for when ...

Pruning fruit trees is performed very differently from shade tree pruning because the objectives are different. Fruit tree pruning is performed for the following reasons: Stimulate regular yields of ...

Q: I am having a very difficult time finding someone to prune my fruit trees the way you recommend. I am older and no longer able to direct a novice (which has failed), much less do it myself. The ...

Q: I made a few mistakes when I planted my apple trees about 17 years ago. The first mistake was planting them too closely together and the second was not choosing dwarf varieties. The problem now is ...