Incorrect pruning, particularly topping, is the surest way to ruin a tree. If it doesn’t kill the tree outright, it will ...

Most people know hibiscus as a shrub bursting with bright flowers, but fewer realize it can be shaped into a small, ornamental tree. The secret isn't some rare variety or special fertilizer. All your ...

In a city where summer heat outpaces shade, Pittsburg is taking steps to expand its urban tree canopy to ensure that every ...

I have several overgrown azalea bushes and want to rejuvenate them. Is it too late to cut them back now? I do realize I would lose the spring flowers, but I’m afraid the overgrown condition of the ...

A bit of maintenance will lead to beautiful plants and a bountiful harvest. Prune lemon trees after all the fruit has been ...

Mona Patterson walks across the dirt lot that once was her family’s home in west Altadena. “It's just nice seeing some of the plants that we planted are growing back,” she says, leaning down to touch ...

Most backyard pear trees never reach their true potential, not because of poor soil or lack of sunshine, but because of neglect with the shears. Without intervention, branches crowd together, blocking ...

Sanitary pruning is okay to do during the fall months; Vasylchyshyna recommends only removing dry, damaged, or dead branches.

Mona Patterson, 22, grew up in Altadena and has deep roots there. Her grandparents lived around the corner from her in a house they bought in 1973. But the Eaton Fire took both family homes — as well ...

Getting the timing wrong is one of the most common mistakes everyone makes when growing fruit trees. Some rush to plant and end up doing it at the wrong time. Others fertilize or water when it does ...

Illinoisans: do you have a branch hanging over your property that leaves you wondering if you have the legal right to lop it off? Have you tried talking to your neighbor about it, without success?