Wintertime offers few activities out in the garden other than filling bird feeders and carefully watching dormant plants for signs of awakening as spring nears. However, winter dormancy is the ...

Help! I have several fig trees and am not sure how to prune them. The bushy tree you see has over time become a shrub/bush ...

As I researched information on planting bare root fruit trees, the words of the County Fruit and Nut Crop Advisor came to ...

If you prune in winter, the wounds should heal without bleeding, as plants are dormant. Winter pruning also gives them less ...

Pruning cuts should be made close to the branch collar and not flush against the trunk. These are “thinning cuts” and the entire branch is removed from the tree. “Heading cuts” will remove only one ...

I find that fruits and vegetables grown at home taste particularly good. Prune fruit trees in our area between late February and early March before the buds begin to swell. The branching habits are ...

If you would like to add spring-flowering trees to your landscape, January and February are excellent months to plant them.

Lynn AlbertsonN.C. Cooperative Extension Cooperative Extension is hosting a Free Fruit Tree Pruning Workshop with N.C. State Fruit Tree Specialist, Dr. Mike Parker, from 9-11 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb.

The fiddle leaf fig (Ficus lyrata) can start dropping leaves the moment you bring it home. You can save a fiddle leaf fig after it loses all its leaves by following these steps.

Blueberries are shrubs, not trees, but they belong in any easy care fruit plan because their main requirement is clear and manageable: acidic soil. University of Minnesota guidance places ideal pH ...

The secret to the perfect fig is in your shears. A few strategic cuts turn a tangled thicket into a high-yielding masterpiece ...