Tag: winter pruning
Dormant Pruning Enhances Fruit Production
UNITED STATES—Adding new fruit trees to a garden is reasonably easy. Maintaining them properly as they mature is more of a challenge. Centuries of...
Dormant Pruning Promotes Fruit Production
UNITED STATES—While they are dormant through winter, deciduous fruit trees require specialized 'dormant pruning.' Exceptions are rare. Most need major pruning that might seem...
Spring Pruning Of Flowering Trees
UNITED STATES—Most major pruning happens while the plants that need it are dormant through winter. That is why it is known as 'dormant pruning.'...
Pruning Roses During Winter Dormancy
UNITED STATES—Contrary to what the pleasant weather suggests, it is still winter. Most plants are resisting the temptation to break dormancy prematurely. They must...
Winter Is For Dormant Pruning
UNITED STATES—The internet makes it possible to communicate with people who enjoy gardening all over the World. It can be amusing to hear what...
Winter Pruning Of Fruit Trees
UNITED STATES—The vast orchards of the Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys might make the impression that production of fruit is easy. The trees naturally...
Prune Now For Roses Later
UNITED STATES—The main problems with roses locally are not related to climate, soil, insects or disease. Warm and semi-arid climates of California happen to...
Exceptions To The Pruning Rules
UNITED STATES—Winter is the best time for major pruning of most plants. They do not mind it so much while they are dormant. However,...
Winter Is The Season For Pruning
UNITED STATES—Now that winter is only two weeks away, and many deciduous plants are defoliating and dormant, it may seem as if there will...
Roses Get Pruned In Winter
UNITED STATES—Winter is no excuse to be less diligent in the garden. It would seem that gardening would be less demanding because there is...