Pruning apple trees is a crucial part of keeping them healthy and productive. Proper pruning helps shape the tree, remove dead or diseased wood, improve air circulation and stimulate new growth.

Experts share how to keep pruning tools in good condition, to ensure amazing results in your garden this winter and beyond.

“For most basic pruning around the yard, bypass, or hand pruners, also known as garden or pruning shears, are your first go-to tools. Best for making clean cuts through living plants and tree branches ...

There are several principles needed for proper pruning of trees and shrubs. But one of the most important steps begins even before you start, said Gaylord Moore, University of Missouri extension ...

“In life, when you encounter mean and hurtful people, treat them like sandpaper. No matter how rough they may scrub you, you end up polished and smooth.” — Nishan Panwar. “Feeling a little blue in ...

Because pruning mystifies so many homeowners we have a few guidelines for you this season. Begin by assessing your landscape and plants’ needs. The best way to accomplish this is to step back so that ...

January marks a strategic period for those who care for the garden with attention. During winter, many trees enter dormancy, ...

Are you one of those gardeners who group any task requiring shears under the pruning banner? It turns out deadheading is a unique method with specific quirks.

Recently, while chatting with an arborist friend of mine with decades of experience, he mentioned he saw a tree service working on trees around the townhouses where he lives, which had been contracted ...

It may be cold outside, but January is prime rose-pruning time in Southern California, so bundle up, don some thick, preferably elbow-length gloves, and get snipping. Not sure how to start? Luckily, ...

(StatePoint) If you are like most homeowners, you need to prune trees, shrubs, bushes andother plants in your yard from time to time. But do you know which tool is best suited for each particular job?