Among the most popular and familiar fruit trees for home gardeners are apple and pear trees. Proper pruning and disease management are very important even for just one or two trees. Apple and pear ...

This column is written by the Master Gardeners of Yolo County each month. It provides answers to selected questions recently ...

According to Marco, trees also play a vital part in a home's value. When a property appraisal is done, the number of trees is ...

It goes without saying that seasonal gardening tasks should be performed at specific times of the year. But many gardening ...

The California Department of Forestry and its local grantees are working to remove hazardous vegetation through thinning, ...

Apples and persimmons are two of the most popular fruit trees for personal gardens, but they have quite different needs, ...

If you’ve ever wrestled with an overgrown fruit tree, you know the struggle: branches reaching for the sky, fruit hiding in a tangled mess and those pesky suckers popping up everywhere. But don’t ...

Over-pruning palms can lead to reduced food production, winter hardiness, and increased nutrient deficiencies and disease. Ideally, only dead fronds and fruit/flower stalks should be pruned, leaving a ...

Pruning an apple tree can seem like a daunting task if you have never done it before. Like most other skills, you start out slowly learning the basics to help build confidence. Then once the basic ...

The cool days of late March and early April offer a great chance to finish pruning your trees and shrubs. When pruning large limbs off trees, begin with an undercut first. This is a cut from the ...

If you have not had the time to prune your fruit trees in winter, now is the opportune time. A little pruning now can reduce the work needed to care for your trees throughout the year. Why prune? The ...