With Spring around the corner, plants, trees and shrubs will soon be bursting into bloom. Now’s the time to get your pruning shears out.

Pruning is an essential part of fruit tree maintenance, but doing it wrong can spell trouble for your trees. Here are the key ...

That includes established apple, pear, and quince trees ... especially nectarine and peach trees. Summer pruning is typically reserved for reducing the size and refining the form of trained ...

Apples are the most common homegrown fruit in Northern regions. Most apple tree owners know they’re supposed to prune their trees, but it’s not always clear how to do it. Apple tree pruning ...

Restrict summer pruning to removal of sucker shoots (young ... Recommended for pear and persimmon trees, as well as dwarf and semi-dwarf apple trees. Open center form: There is no central leader ...

When do I prune apple trees? We moved to an old house with some ... but will want to change them out for summer flowers soon. — B. Email A. Dig in and make a hellebore happy.

Apple trees, including flowering crabapples, mountain ash, hawthorns and shrub cotoneasters should be pruned in late winter from February to early April. Spring or summer pruning increases chances ...

Many homeowners bring out their loppers and pruning saws ... spring or early summer, when “candles” of new growth have emerged from terminal buds. However, spruce and fir trees originate ...