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 ...
Just because there’s snow on the ground doesn’t mean there’s nothing to do in the garden until spring. Late winter is often ...
The Art of Pine Tree Pruning, Part Two, will be taught by Phil Hulbert in Lili‘uokalani Gardens at 8 a.m. Saturday. Anyone interested in learning more about this skillful art is welcome to attend.
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 ...
Late winter is not too early to start pruning most evergreens in the South, but you will regret pruning spring bloomers. Here's when and how to prune.