While winter pruning works best for most deciduous trees, it can reduce blooming in some spring-flowering plants. However, ...

How do I remedy poor branching? Is my tree at risk of splitting, and how can pruning prevent that? Corrective pruning has many implications for tree structure, health, and longevity. Developing a ...

Late fall is an ideal time to prune many trees and shrubs because their branch structure is visible after the leaves have ...

Willow trees ( Salix) are fast-growing trees that can be pruned in December. “Trimming them prevents overgrowing and ensures ...

Plenty of plants go dormant in winter, which means it's an ideal time to prune them back and ensure that they're looking ...

An expert horticulturist highlights seven plants to prune in December. These are suitable for milder zones, but shouldn’t be ...

Now that we are officially in the winter season, it’s time for pruning woody plants. Most online and printed sources of pruning advice focus on newly planted trees and shrubs, rather than mature ...

Pruning of stonefruits and other deciduous fruit trees is one of the most misunderstood of all gardening responsibilities. In almost all cases, fruiting trees are pruned quite differently than ...

Almost every tree needs to be pruned at some point in its life. Sometimes a tree may need to be trimmed to help it, such as dealing with storm damage, reducing limb weight, removing dead limbs and ...

Expert advice on plants to prune in December, while there's still time to make an impact ...

RHS chief horticulturist Guy Barter shares the plants that benefit from a late-autumn tidy — and which ones to leave until spring.

Having to think about plants you shouldn’t prune in winter might seem confusing. You may have heard that winter is the perfect time to prune plants since many of them are dormant. This is absolutely ...