Should you prune evergreens in winter? Find out from a professional arborist if winter is the best time to prune evergreens.

This week’s final article on pruning focuses on evergreen trees. There is a big difference in timing the pruning of pines versus spruces and others. Pruning pines at the wrong time means no more ...

Without trees, the world as we know it would not exist. This is a lesson we all were taught in elementary school. I remember ...

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 ...

Do yourself and your shrubs some good by getting outside to prune them in midwinter. “This time of year, when shrubs and small trees are dormant, is an easy time to prune them,” said Sharon Yiesla, ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... January is a highly beneficial time to prune trees and shrubs because this is the dormant period for many plants in coastal California. This column provides ...

Winter is when I do most of my fruit tree pruning. Why most and not all? In which part of winter? First, let’s answer this foundational question, “Why do we prune fruit trees?” Because it’s unwise to ...

Late winter to early spring is the best time to prune trees and shrubs. With the exception of evergreens, plants are still dormant during this window, so the stress that pruning imparts will not ...

Question: I enjoyed your article about pruning fruit trees. Are other trees also pruned like fruit trees? Could you explain the differences? Answer: There are some similarities, but also a lot of ...

The Evergreen State is well-known for its abundance of lush forests and trees, with environmentalists working every day to tend to the health of the state’s natural habitat. The state also features ...