Southern Living on MSN

The Right Time—And Way—To Prune A Japanese Maple Tree

Japanese maples (Acer palmatum) aren’t going to provide shade over your backyard patio, but these ornamental trees can be the ...
House Digest on MSN

The common lion's tailing pruning practice that'll actually damage your tree

Pruning can help keep your trees healthy and looking good, but this technique is more likely to cause severe damage than help ...

10 Plants You Should Prune in Winter to Boost Spring Growth

While winter pruning works best for most deciduous trees, it can reduce blooming in some spring-flowering plants. However, ...
Purdue University

Purdue Landscape Report: Branch Component Identification for Better Pruning Cuts

Purdue Landscape Report: Pruning is an important maintenance practice on trees that is discussed a great deal. An essential part of making the pruning cut properly is the ability to identify the parts ...
Post-Bulletin

Let it Grow: Dead branches do not mean your tree is in trouble

Jen asked: I have a lot of dead branches on the inner part of my ash tree. Is this a sign that it has Emerald Ash Borer or something else that causing the tree to die? Does it help the tree to remove ...
inforum

During the fall, these clues indicate whether trees and shrubs are healthy

I’ve got an old math problem for you. If you hang a horseshoe on a tree branch that’s 5 feet above ground, and the tree grows 1 foot per year, how high will the horseshoe be in 10 years? If you ...