Waiting until the leaves drop in fall is a rule of thumb for pruning shade trees, mainly because you can see bare limbs better, and the job is less “messy” without leaves attached to the cut branches.

February through March is one of the best times to prune shade trees — if and when they need pruning. Chip Murrow, community forester with the Nebraska Forest Service, was in Columbus last week to ...

I need help pruning three shade trees that I planted last year that are now about 12 to 15 feet tall. They had bare trunks up to 4 feet when I planted them. Is it time to prune up to 6 feet now? A few ...

Despite the long list, the importance of pruning shade trees cannot be overstated when you consider its influence on canopy structure. Proper pruning can have a lasting effect over trees, setting them ...

February through March is one of the best times to prune shade trees — if and when they need pruning. Here are a few reminders of some pruning dos and don’ts. Four things not to do when it comes to ...

Jan. 24—POTTSVILLE — Volunteers pruned a group of aging, overgrown shade trees Tuesday along Mahantongo Street. Jane Kruse, chair of the Pottsville Shade Tree Commission, led the initiative, which ...

While the rest of your garden is sleeping peacefully under a blanket of snow or damp leaf litter, February is the perfect time to do some outdoor yard work. Deciduous trees enter a period of dormancy ...

As a rule, trees in North Florida can be pruned any time of year. However, the winter months seem to bring out the pruning bug in many folks. Winter can be an easier time to prune as many trees have ...

One of Fort Collins' wettest summers on record might have produced significant tree growth in your yard. While that's a good thing in Colorado, all that growth might have your trees looking gangly ...