Identifying a dominant leader and cutting away any competing leaders when a tree is young will allow it to grow more robustly and live longer, said a local certified arborist.

Thought you were all done with gardening chores for the winter? Not so fast. Now is the perfect time to prune your trees and ...

Redbuds are deciduous trees adored for their pink or white spring flowers and unique heart-shaped leaves. Pruning helps keep ...

Winter is the ideal time of the year to prune many trees. The branches are bare which makes it easier to see the overall ...

You can do this type of pruning any time of the year. Money trees are often pruned into a tidy shape that looks like a small tree. They have a bare trunk topped by a canopy of branches and leaves.

When removing any branch, large or small, avoid stubs and cuts close ... encourage disease issues and can slow healing. If you prune well and have a healthy tree, your cuts will heal.

The main technique for reducing the size of an overgrown deciduous shrub is called heading back. Heading cuts are intended to ...

a pruning saw, a pole pruner, a pole saw to reach high parts of the tree, and a chain saw. Hand pruners can be used for cutting twigs and small branches. Hedge shears are used for shearing foliage.

The UC Master Gardeners of Trinity County will be holding a free workshop on how to prune fruit trees from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p ...

Mid- to late-winter provides an excellent opportunity to prune a variety of plants in the landscape. Plants that can be pruned now include most hedges, shrubs and shade trees, and summer-flowering ...

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