“Stress from summer over-pruning can result in waterspouts,” Vaughan says, referring to the shoots that arise from the base ...

Why Prune Trees? “In the woods, trees do fine without us. In our landscapes, some trees benefit from regular pruning,” Suzanne DeJohn, horticulturalist at KidsGardening.org, says.

As mentioned earlier, over-pruning has the potential to harm our palm trees. Fusarium of Queen and Mexican fan palms is a fungal disease that is spread by infected pruning tools. It is spread when ...

As mentioned earlier, over-pruning has the potential to harm our palm trees. Fusarium of Queen and Mexican fan palms is a fungal disease that is spread by infected pruning tools.

Over the years, we have been conditioned to believe pruning, while there are leaves on trees, is a capital offense.

Trees that didn’t receive enough deep water over the past few years due to the drought are now showing symptoms of stress. Photo courtesy Getty Images. Welcome to our tree column, “Ask your ...