“All major fruit tree species tend to do better with spring planting,” Slack says. But it’s important to work around frost warnings. “Potted trees, if dormant, are fine once the soil thaws,” she adds.

Trees benefit from fall trimming more than spring trimming. Trees experience less stress with fall trimming because they are entering dormancy. Spring tree trimming is better if the goal is to ...

Based on how they grow, however, spring is not the preferred time to plant hardy trees, shrubs, ground covers and vines.

As the leaves fall and the air is crisp, November is the perfect time to plant certain fruit trees. Discover why this month holds the key to bountiful harvests.

The next few weeks are some of the year’s best for pruning landscape plants – mainly woody-stemmed ones that already have bloomed for the year, as well as most needled evergreens. Spring-blooming ...

Many homeowners bring out their loppers and pruning saws in spring for one reason or another. Maybe they’re opening up the canopy to get more sunlight to understory plants or trying to restrain the ...

Whether it's for their nutritious fruit, aesthetically pleasing appearance, or low-maintenance qualities, pomegranate trees ...

As autumn settles in, it’s easy to think gardening season is winding down. For trees, especially those newly planted, fall is ...

Deciding when to plant a fruit tree depends on several factors. The ideal planting time for bare-root trees is different from the planting time for container-grown trees. The type of fruit tree, as ...