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 ...

In the past, I have written about how to properly prune trees. To add a little bit of interest, I thought perhaps it would be beneficial to show examples of poor pruning and the reasons why these ...

As part of my duties as an extension agent, I answer a lot of questions about trees. Many times, folks are surprised that the solution they found online was not the best one, and that sometimes it was ...

If your tree branches were among those lost during the heavy snow this weekend, you might need to do some pruning. But before you get out the pruners, here are some tips on what and how to prune once ...

When you're out in the yard pruning your trees, you might be tempted to spruce up your evergreens while you're at it, but ...

While there haven’t been any major monsoon storms since the season officially began June 15, the threat of storms persists this week and all through the summer, according to the National Weather ...

One of the most important maintenance tasks we perform on palms is pruning. Judging by the palm pruning being performed in our landscapes, you would think that pruning palms to a few fronds sticking ...