Today I started pruning out the water sprouts in my four crabapple trees. Some people might call these “suckers,” but suckers grow up from the bottom of the trunk and water sprouts grow in the upper ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A closeup of pink crabapple blossoms - Shaunl/Getty Images Have you ever walked around your neighborhood only to discover a tree ...

Gardeners preparing their landscapes for the growing season should pay close attention to proper pruning practices.

Orcharding requires effort, but the resulting yields of fresh fruit make it all worthwhile. One of the most important aspects of growing fruit trees is pruning. This applies to large commercial and ...

If you’ve ever wrestled with an overgrown fruit tree, you know the struggle: branches reaching for the sky, fruit hiding in a tangled mess and those pesky suckers popping up everywhere. But don’t ...

January can be a mixed bag for gardeners, with what you can and can’t do dictated by the weather, and also your mood. Sometimes it is simply too cold or snowy to garden, but on bright days, some tasks ...

Expert offers tips to shape the biggest plants in your yard While much gardening activity slows in winter, these are the perfect months to tend to the biggest plants in your garden — your trees. Those ...

Given the hard freeze of last week, many of us will be outside pruning our damaged tropicals. (For frozen landscape repair, see last week's column.) But while we're outside with the shears, there are ...