Prune out broken, crossing or downward-facing branches as the trees grow. Such pruning will concentrate the trees' vigor for developing scaffold branching for new fruiting wood.

January is an ideal time to prune some of the most popular backyard shrubs and trees. However, while it is good for some it is not beneficial for all. Indeed, there are plants to never prune in ...

Why prune? For trees, you’re usually looking to create a dominant, central leader — a main stem growing straight up to define the vertical structure — and which will result in a stronger tree.

Q: When is the best time to prune a 20-year-old plum tree? I get conflicting information. Early spring or between November and February? This tree has not produced fruit for many years.

5. Witch hazel Witch hazel is another plant that will die if weakened by hard pruning. Witch hazels tend to be grown as small trees or shrubs and are slow-growing, more so when planted in shade.

It can also be used for keeping trees trimmed to a fixed height. Coppicing involves pruning growth back to, or near, ground level in winter and is used for coloured willow and hazel varieties.

This weekend's yard jobs include pruning the summer-blooming shrubs, training young trees, and getting started on your 2023 rose-care regimen.

Sometimes pruning a tree can do more harm than good. Here are four examples of tree pruning fails.

Tino shows us how to prune a hazelnut tree for better nut production. Hazelnuts (Corylus avellana cv.) are a great looking tree, will grow in most soil types, and cope with frost. But best of all ...

Hazelnut trees. Researchers are hunting down the origins and extent of the outbreak of a new Eastern Filbert Blight strain that overcomes the disease resistance bred into Oregon hazelnut trees.

Eastern filbert blight, a fungal pathogen that kills hazelnut trees, first made its way to the Northwest in the 1960s. Since then, farmers have managed the fungus by pruning infected trees and ...