Winter fruit tree pruning starts as soon as leaves drop from the trees. It’s easier to see the branching structure of the tree — I call it the tree’s “architecture” — after the leaves are gone. This ...

We love our trees, and we should. They take in carbon dioxide and in return release oxygen into the atmosphere. They essentially help provide us with the air we breathe. In the fall, the leaves on our ...

Q: I have a California pepper tree near my pool that’s constantly dropping leaves into it. I am wondering if I can lower its height so it will drop fewer leaves and stems. Anything else I should think ...

When I was a kid growing up in suburban New York City, I used to wander into the woods and just sit at the base of big old beech trees. I’m not sure exactly what I expected to happen but always ...

Trees are some of the oldest and largest living organisms on our planet. A large tree can move up to 100 gallons of water from the soil to its leaf surfaces every day. Coastal redwoods can tower more ...