Today I started pruning out the water sprouts in my four crabapple trees. Some people might call these “suckers,” but suckers grow up from the bottom of the trunk and water sprouts grow in the upper ...

March marks the arrival of spring each year, a time associated with greenery and new growth — in short, a gardener’s dream. But with the return of warmer temperatures comes various yard tasks to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pruning is essential to good plant maintenance. Whether you are growing trees, shrubs, climbers, or perennials, plants all around ...

Want to make sure your flowers bloom next spring and summer? Discover the plants you should never prune in the fall so you ...

The goal of pruning is not exactly the same for regular apples and crab apples. Although commercial orchards plant and maintain crab apples as cross pollinators (because they provide large volumes of ...

Crabapple trees are one of my favorite ornamental spring trees. A mainstay of the New England landscape, they offer three seasons of interest, plus a handsome branching habit that looks good all ...