Local fruit tree expert Monica Maggio will teach an informative, hands-on pruning class Saturday. Special to The Columbian For many, fruit tree pruning conjures images of pouring rain and warm hats, ...

Summer pruning is a fairly new practice, often not covered in older pruning guides. It is intended to maintain a shorter, smaller size for deciduous fruit tees to make harvest easier and to open up ...

Cultivating fruit trees in your garden is incredibly fulfilling. They offer tasty, fresh fruit throughout the growing season and produce fragrant flowers that attract beneficial pollinators. Moreover, ...

Common advice may be to prune all of your plants back ahead of winter, but this can actually leave fruit trees vulnerable to ...

Cherries ripen on the tree during the Pick and Gather Festival 2018 at Riverdance Farms in Livingston. Cherry trees can be pruned in July and August, experts say. Andrew Kuhn [email protected] ...

This is the best time of the year to prune certain types of fruit trees. The trees are dormant now and the pruning wounds will begin to heal as soon as growth begins in the spring. By now many people ...

As summer progresses and early perennials fade, shrubs can begin to look unruly and hedges wayward. At this time of year, many gardeners feel the urge to reach for their secateurs. But what should be ...