A cluster of sweet cherries hanging from a tree during sunset. - Vvvita/Getty Images If your sweet cherry tree (Prunus avium) is producing fruit that's small or not as sweet as you expected, you might ...

Now is the time for some winter pruning on ornamental shrubs and trees. From December to late March is the perfect time to prune most (but not all) of your trees and shrubs. There are several reasons ...

Trees add significant value to our landscapes, but sometimes trees can become somewhat problematic in their crown, trunk, or roots. Also, when nurturing newly planted trees, some strategic pruning in ...

Give your clematis vines a hard pruning at the wrong time of year, and you'll risk no flowers the following season. Prune ...

Prune these in winter: Birch trees, willows, maples, fruit trees, some hydrangeas, shrub hibiscus, twig dogwoods, shade trees and ornamental grasses. Trees that ooze sap during the spring are best ...

Mid- to late-winter provides an excellent opportunity to prune a variety of plants in the landscape. Plants that can be pruned now include most hedges, shrubs and shade trees, and summer-flowering ...

With winter approaching, your gardening to-do list is filled with maintenance tasks, like raking leaves, mulching plants, and removing snow. You might consider pruning trees, too—but not all of them ...

QUESTION: After the snow was gone, I spent several hours checking out the plants in my yard. While looking at my flowering cherry tree, I noticed several black growths on some of the limbs. Do you ...