Waiting until the leaves drop in fall is a rule of thumb for pruning shade trees, mainly because you can see bare limbs better, and the job is less “messy” without leaves attached to the cut branches.

Pruning is one of the most common maintenance practices. Trees growing in a forest grow well without pruning, but landscape ...

The leaves are down, winter is upon us, and that means it’s prime time for pruning oak trees, which can be infected by the oak wilt fungus if they’re pruned during the high-risk period mid-March ...

A properly trimmed tree can enhance the beauty of your surroundings, encourage growth (or eliminate overgrowth), and keep your property safe. But with hundreds of distinct species in the United States ...

Texas forest officials are trying to stop residents from pruning their trees in the new year to guard against a deadly tree disease known as oak wilt. Winter is typically the best time to trim trees, ...

To protect oak trees and help prevent oak wilt, the Department of Natural Resources advises people with oak trees on their property not to prune them from April through July. Spring and early summer ...

The winter months are the ideal time to prune oak trees in Michigan if you don’t want to put them at high risk for oak wilt. Oak wilt is a fungal disease that can weaken white oaks and kill red oak ...