Thuggish and thoroughly tricky to keep on top of, these are the trees that experts urge gardeners to avoid planting ...

For a little more privacy in your yard or on your patio, look no further than a natural fence made from fast-growing ...

I planted some new trees this spring. What pruning should I be doing on those trees? A few pruning cuts on those new trees can make a big difference in how they develop into mature trees. Most trees ...

A Nantucket homeowner is suing her neighbor for walking onto her property and cutting down several of her family’s nearly 50-year-old stand of trees to enhance the ocean view from his house to ...

A Nantucket homeowner secretly chopped down a group of his neighbor’s 50-year-old trees to carve out “sweeping views” of the Atlantic Ocean for a property he listed for nearly $10 million, a lawsuit ...

DEAR NEIL: I have an Amorphophallus rivieri in a large pot outdoors in Houston. It produced a bloom, but after a week the spathe has opened only an inch or so and has not exposed the spadix. Flies are ...

Orcharding requires effort, but the resulting yields of fresh fruit make it all worthwhile. One of the most important aspects of growing fruit trees is pruning. This applies to large commercial and ...

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 ...

Q: I heard that you shouldn’t use wound sealer when pruning your trees – that it does more harm than good. Is this true? Yes, it’s true. When pruning your trees, you should not use any sealer on the ...