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 ...

I have been pruning a bit on all three trees for a number years and following the advice in an older Ortho Book for Growing ...

Pruning your fruit tree is an essential task, but when's the best time to do it? Some varieties, like apple and pear trees, ...

Mid to late winter is generally the best time to prune trees, according to our Garden Editor and in-house Master Gardener, Tiffany Selvey. "Most trees benefit from pruning while they're dormant ...

There are plenty of things to do for your garden, even when there's still snow on the ground. Late winter and early spring is the best time for these activities: Trees to prune now: Oaks, apple, ...

Fire blight is a bacterial disease of apple, crabapple, pear, hawthorn and other related species like cotoneaster. It causes branch dieback and can lead to tree or shrub death. We have seen an ...

Sometimes a tree starts to look more like a shrub, with stems sprouting from the base of the trunk. These stems are called “suckers” because they compete with the main tree for water and nutrients, ...