While it may seem like you should leave your leafless trees alone in winter, the fact is, it's a great time to prune many species of flowering fruit trees.

If you are inclined to prune your pine trees, now is the perfect time to do so. Most people don’t prune mature pine trees, but many prune mugho pines, which are more of a shrub. Pruning these keeps ...

This week’s final article on pruning focuses on evergreen trees. There is a big difference in timing the pruning of pines versus spruces and others. Pruning pines at the wrong time means no more ...

Staff and volunteers with the Westmoreland Conservancy gave some apple trees a seasonal pruning on Saturday at the Morosini Reserve in Murrysville. Conservancy President Shelly Tichy said the trees at ...

Q: I am having a very difficult time finding someone to prune my fruit trees the way you recommend. I am older and no longer able to direct a novice (which has failed), much less do it myself. The ...

This tree is infected with the fungal pathogen that causes Pine Ghost Canker, which can be fatal for trees. (Akif Eskalen, UC Davis) Fungal pathogens that cause die-back in grape, avocado, citrus, nut ...

Pruning apple trees encourages growth and prevents reduces the risk of disease. A thriving apple tree is a wonderful addition ...

A case of design déjà vu? Maine’s newly proposed flag had strict design rules, resulting in a banner that is beautiful and familiar. When voters in Maine head to the polls in November, they’ll have an ...

The fossilized remains of Whitebark pine trees found beneath a melting ice patch in the Yellowstone region were once part of an ancient forest that thrived for centuries before disappearing, ...

Strong winds that moved through northwest Ohio on Wednesday took a toll on a very old pine tree in rural Defiance. Bill Duerk, who lives on State Service Road, woke up to find a white pine tree, ...

YUBA CITY — A Yuba City woman named Donna is grateful that her 5-year-old granddaughter is alive after a tree came crashing through her home on Sunday night. A nearly 100-year-old pine tree destroyed ...

In an old-growth longleaf pine savanna, the trees’ pine needles sing in the wind. Once considered forests, these landscapes in the southeastern U.S. coastal plain are open-canopied and sunny, more ...