Tag: arboriculture
Deciduous Fruit Trees Need Pruning
UNITED STATES—Deciduous fruit trees have no business in a low maintenance landscape. They need as much specialized pruning while dormant in winter as roses...
Pollarding Is Extreme Tree Pruning
UNITED STATES—Most arborists insist that pollarding is horticulturally incorrect. However, most of us who have pollard trees in our home gardens are not arborists....
Start Young Trees Off Right
UNITED STATES—Young trees are so impressionable. Too much water can damage their roots, or cause them to disperse too shallowly. Improper pruning can disfigure...
Some Shrubs Are Better Trees
UNITED STATES—So many really nifty small trees never get an opportunity to perform to their best potential. Many function so well as shrubbery that...
Know How To Procure Firewood
UNITED STATES—Fireplaces and wood stoves simply are not as common as they were only a few decades ago. Because of modern building codes, most...
Prune Fruit Trees While Dormant
After centuries of breeding for abundant production of unnaturally large fruit, deciduous fruit trees have become dependent on specialized pruning while they are dormant...
Not So Merry Christmas Trees
UNITED STATES—By now most people have already acquired their Christmas trees. Some are live trees in containers. Some are artificial. Most are cut firs,...
Trees Need Professional Help Too
UNITED STATES—There are an immeasurable variety amongst trees. Evergreen trees retain their foliage through the seasons. Deciduous trees defoliate in autumn, and regenerate new foliage in...
Taking It To The Streets
UNITED STATES—No matter how unique the individual gardens are, conforming street trees really unify a neighborhood. Streets of tract homes are typically planted with...
The Stakes Could Be High
UNITED STATES—The irony of landscaping and gardening to bring nature closer to the home is that it is so very unnatural. Plant specie are...