Have you ever noticed a tree with branches that are cut back to its trunk and wondered what it means? Here's what's behind ...

If your tree's branches are growing straight up, you might have made a simple tree care mistake -- here's how to prevent and ...

I took my question, ‘can you grow a tree from a branch?’ To my Uncle Paul — an old farmer from way back — and he had the answer I needed (it seemed he’d been saving storm-damaged orchard ...

Branches on trees arise from lateral buds present in leaf axils. Initially, lateral shoots (branches) grow in length and diameter at approximately the same rate as the parent stem. As branches become ...

Like roots and trunks, branches grow in length from growth cells that make up the meristematic tissues which are contained in growing buds. This limb and branch bud growth determines a tree crown ...

Epicormic (epi = upon, kormos = tree trunk) growth is the technical term for shoots that develop from hidden buds on tree trunks and branches. Suckers, which grow out of tree trunks, often at ...

Trees and shrubs grow in two ways. They stretch higher and wider as trunks and branches get longer, with individual trunks and branches also increasing in diameter, becoming fatter.

Q: I have a spruce tree that used to be perfectly shaped. The very top of the tree trunk has been broken off. I think a hawk that stays in our area tried to perch on it and broke it. I don’t ...

The inner branches of all trees will decline and die as the tree matures. While there are sometimes secondary diseases or insects that contribute to the decline of inner branches, the primary ...

Sep. 24—JAMESTOWN — Properly trimming trees when they are smaller will help prevent a costly bill for major work in the future, according to Mike Lacher, owner of Artie's #1 Tree Service. If ...