Winter pruning takes advantage of the plant’s dormancy. With sap flow slowed and leaves gone, structural flaws are easy to ...

Columnist Robin Trott talks about why winter pruning works on certain trees and shrubs and why it doesn't on some flowers.

While most varieties of Japanese maples grow only 6 to 12 inches a year, pruning helps maintain their shape and keep them healthy. Remove dead, damaged, or crossing branches to improve airflow and ...

Most of us Californians are probably wondering what that means. Sugaring season is more familiar to horticultural enthusiasts in New England, Canada, and more recently, in Alaska. It is the time of ...

A common piece of advice you will hear is to prune trees during the winter while they are dormant. I often give that advise myself and, for most kinds of trees, that is a good rule to follow. However, ...

Q: What is the best time of year to prune a red maple? The tree is about 15 years old and I mainly want to thin and remove the lowest limbs. A: The best time to prune any type of maple is in the fall ...

I have a maple tree purchased at a local nursery that is something along the lines of an autumn blaze cultivar. I’ve noticed over the past two years that one of the lower lateral branches is taking ...

Maintaining the shape of shrubs and trees is a practice that has been associated with beauty and tranquility for centuries. Highly ornamental trees like the Japanese maple grow into stunning specimens ...