Take the guesswork out of harvesting with our guide on how to prune a peach tree to yield bigger, better fruit.

The air is getting crisp, the leaves are putting on their final fiery show, and you’re cozied up with a mug of cider. But ...

Apple, pears and plums are the lowest maintenance fruit trees once established. Besides annual pruning, they're easy to care ...

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The first winter I got brave with pruning, I “tidied up” a lilac on a sunny January afternoon. Come spring, the shrub was ...

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As temperatures drop, muscadine vines across North Florida enter their winter dormancy. Dormancy is essential for protecting ...

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More than 30 apple trees persist on The Purchase at the national park. They're more than 125 years old, and their DNA is ...

Focus on removing branches that are dead, weak, rubbing against others, or growing in the wrong direction to improve plant health. Deciduous trees like Japanese maples can be thinned out to showcase ...

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Symptoms of lethal bronzing disease can include sudden fruit drop, browning leaves, spear leaf death and root rot.