Quinces are attractive fruit trees that can reach up to 20 feet tall, depending on the variety, and produce highly fragrant yellow fruits popular for jams, jellies, or desserts. If you grow a quince ...

Just like humans, trees should get regular "haircuts" to stay looking and feeling their best. For trees, this is called "pruning," and it's the process of selectively removing or trimming problematic ...

Spring is the worst time of year to prune your dogwood tree because you can negatively impact spring blooms. If you want to prune your dogwood trees, any other time of the year is perfect, depending ...

Pruning apple trees encourages growth and prevents reduces the risk of disease. A thriving apple tree is a wonderful addition to any garden. Not only are apple trees beautiful to look at and provide ...

I need to have one of my trees pruned. Is this a good time to have this done? Do you have any advice on choosing a company to do this? — Darnel Dobson Now is a great time to have trees pruned. In the ...

Recently, while chatting with an arborist friend of mine with decades of experience, he mentioned he saw a tree service working on trees around the townhouses where he lives, which had been contracted ...

Q: I have a friend who has a river birch planted very close to the front of her house. One of the branches is hanging over the house all the way to the back. My friend's husband wants the tree gone ...

Living alongside neighbors can be tricky. Whether sworn enemies or close friends, sharing space with people brings plenty of potential flashpoints for petty arguments. This is especially obvious when ...

Cascade Highlands — Ten volunteers learned proper pruning techniques as they wound their way through the Cascade Highlands neighborhood Sept. 22. The volunteers, led by arborist John Buttrell, owner ...

Recently I witnessed trees and palms (sorry, but I grew up in Iowa and palms are not trees, even though they do grow tall) being pruned by men with a truck, ladder and chainsaw. The tragic outcome ...