In addition to providing shade and beauty to your yard—not to mention delicious fruit—fig trees also help with soil retention and erosion control. Pruning a fig tree annually is the gardener's ...

When to Prune a Fig Tree. Fig trees should be pruned in early spring when they are still dormant and before growth begins for the season, says Becky Sideman, a professor of hortic ...

Learn how to grow and care for DownHome Harvest® 'Little Miss Figgy' Dwarf Fig, a compact variety perfect for gardens or ...

Now is the time for some winter pruning on ornamental ... dogwoods (not the tree dogwoods), Japanese spirea (Spiraea japonica) and roses. Shrubs that bloom on old wood (growth from previous ...

Which type of cherry tree do I have? There are three groups ... Sweet cherries fruit on one- and two-year old wood, and on spurs of older wood. Overall, they require only light pruning once ...

Trained trees, such as espaliers, cordons, pyramids and fans should be pruned in late August or early September. When pruning it's essential ... about six buds. Old, neglected trees are often ...

As the winter’s snow melts away, spring chores and promises slowly take shape and gardeners begin sharpening and oiling their pruning tools. Is late winter and early spring the best time to ...

Whether you want to start a new fig tree to continue the lineage of a beloved heirloom specimen or share cuttings with fellow ...

"It is just going to look awful – 41 trees all looking like that. In the summer there will be no shade." Councillor Shanika Mahendran defended the decision to prune the trees Ms Mahendran ...