Pruning is essential for attractive, healthy trees and shrubs and improves the quality of flowers, fruit and foliage. The ...

If needed, extensive pruning should be done to spring-flowering trees and shrubs soon after they finish flowering. Prune summer-flowering trees and shrubs in mid- to late-winter. Remove dead growth ...

Pruning is great for your fig tree—the plant will bear more fruit if pruned properly. Why Fig Trees Benefit from Pruning There are several reasons why common fig trees benefit from pruning ...

Now is the time for some winter pruning on ornamental shrubs and trees. From December to late March is the perfect time to ...

Knowing how to prune a money tree (Pachira aquatica) properly promotes bushier growth while keeping your plant more compact. Plus, pruning helps keep the plant healthy and attractive by removing ...

If you are considering pruning your tree yourself, proceed in a slow, thought-out process using the guidelines of safety, health and aesthetics as the general objective for properly pruning trees.

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

Even for the handful of trees bred for more urban settings it still can be “a rough go,” he said. But Short maintains that with the right pruning, undertaken early, trees can be shaped and ...

A project is underway to prune hundreds of trees on campus in an effort to protect and enhance their health and longevity.

Note: Do not prune more than 20% of your tree in a single year. This could put it into shock. If you over prune, your tree will dedicate its energy to growing new leaves instead of fruit.