Apple trees need regular pruning for size management, improved fruit production and quality, and strength to help them hold ...

Prune apple trees in late winter or early spring to prevent disease and help healing. Limit pruning to 25 percent of the tree ...

If your trees or lawn start the season looking more lemon than lime, you may be seeing iron chlorosis—a common nutrient ...

Plant the tree and backfill with the excavated soil, then top with 1 to 2 inches of compost. Tamp the ground to remove air ...

Trees are, or soon will be, losing their leaves. That will make their trunks all the more visible. That’s when you’ll begin ...

While a fall application of mulch can be beneficial to plants, we have seen a growing trend of piling mulch much deeper than ...

Planting depth is critical. To determine the proper planting depth, locate the root flare of your tree, which is where the ...

Tree of Heaven (Ailanthus altissima) is a plant with so many strikes against it that it has largely struck out with gardeners. Who wants an invasive plant that smells bad (like burned or rancid peanut ...

Removing this layer restricts the tree from moving water up from the roots or nutrients back down, a process known as girdling. It’s such an effective way to kill trees that it's often used on ...

Pruning fruit trees allows for better air circulation, plant growth, and fruit quality. November is a great time to prune as ...

Picture the immense American Great Plains. Instead of long stretches of open highway and monocrop grains, it’s brimming with mile upon mile of animal ...

MacCubbin gives gardening advice for Central Florida about petunias, ponytail plants, grapefruit and peach trees, crotons, ...