Which branches — if any — should you be cutting off your young trees? You can't glue the wrong choices back on!

Money trees (Pachira aquatica) are popular houseplants thanks to their attractive growth habit and the fact that they're safe to grow around pets. While they're generally considered easy to maintain ...

Pruning an avocado tree can be bad or good, depending on when and how you wield your pruning shears. For example, if cut too much off at once or prune at the wrong time, you could damage your tree and ...

When I got the idea for this article, I thought that pruning trees would be an easy subject to write about. Turns out, tree pruning is complex and like many gardening subjects, once again, I realized ...

Howard Garrett / Special Contributor If you haven't done the job already, is it time to prune your trees. No, we don't mean the annual thinning some people do for no particular reason, but rather the ...

When pruning, you must have a clear idea of what you are trying to accomplish. Ask yourself why you feel the tree needs to be pruned, and then carefully consider which branches need to be cut to ...

Howard Garrett / Special Contributor Is it time to thin trees, cut off the lower limbs and perform other pruning jobs? My answers to these common questions might surprise you. Late winter is a good ...

Winter is the perfect time to prune oak trees. Oak trees are special for many reasons: they’re Iowa’s state tree, they’re important to our ecosystem and — they shouldn’t be pruned during the spring ...

Tree trimming has quietly shifted from a cosmetic upgrade to a line item you treat as insurance for your roof, power lines, ...

Tree trimming that averages around $550 per visit can feel like a luxury, right up until a storm turns overgrown branches ...