Pruning is considered the best preventive maintenance for landscape trees and shrubs. It promotes strong structural framework on trees that can help withstand storm damage and provide long-term ...

Purdue urban forester Lindsey Purcell shares tips for tree pruning for the landscape, including knowing why you are pruning, how to prune and how to help the tree heal properly. Please visit the Tree ...

Successful pruning can improve tree health, boost flower and fruit production, and create an attractive landscape.

A question for Dan Gill: Our sweet olive has been in the ground about four years and is about 6 feet tall. We've heard these trees can grow to be about 12 to 14 feet tall. I'd like to prune off some ...

Winter fruit tree pruning starts as soon as leaves drop from the trees. It’s easier to see the branching structure of the tree — I call it the tree’s “architecture” — after the leaves are gone. This ...

Our sweet olive has been in the ground about four years and is about 6 feet tall. We’ve heard these trees can grow to be about 12 to 14 feet tall. I’d like to prune off some of the lower limbs to ...

Q: I have two mature olive trees in my back yard. They do not fruit. I would like to know how much to water them especially now in the hot Tucson summer. Also both have sprouted suckers and I am not ...

Purdue Landscape Report: Trees are incredible survivors in spite of the challenges from pests of all kinds, including us! They are vulnerable to injuries such as mechanical wounds from lawn equipment, ...

As the days get longer, our attention turns to spring chores. One of those is pruning. Late winter is an excellent time to prune many landscape plants, but not all. Late winter is ideal because ...

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, ...