Peach trees are generally considered easy to grow—but that doesn't mean you can skip pruning. Pruning is an essential step in ensuring that your tree produces as much quality fruit as possible and can ...

Pruning a fig tree annually is the gardener's secret to maintaining a happy and healthy tree. It promotes fruit production ...

Loquat trees thrive in warm tropical and subtropical climates. They are suited to growing outdoors in US hardiness zones 8-11 ...

From pruning and spraying to cutting back and attacking slugs, February is full of important chores for the attentive gardener.

There are two categories to consider when choosing a new tree: its growth habits, and your purpose in planting it.

If you are in a frost-prone area, take steps to protect your trees when nighttime temperatures are predicted to fall below ...

The tree will get very large unless you get a specialist to graft a piece of wood from it onto a rootstock (see above). The easiest solution is to find out which variety the fruit is and buy a ...

• Before the heat and dry air of spring and summer, update your irrigation system to in-line drip, flexible tubing with ...

Many types of trees can be planted into Louisiana landscapes this time of year. Shown are, from left, vitex, two types of ...

I sat down with Russell Norton a horticulture and agriculture educator with the Cape Cod Cooperative Extension and started by asking him: why do we prune?

We hold trees in our imagination, where they grow in strange ... We turn over a new leaf and branch out; ideas blossom and bear fruit. Though our momentum is sapped, our resolve remains deep ...