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.

This beloved shade tree requires a specific pruning schedule to stay healthy, and winter timing protects it from diseases ...

If you have more than one live oak in your landscape, you probably have sprouts emerging from the ground from at least one mature tree and maybe other sprouts spread over the landscape. Some gardeners ...

Trees are famously anchored beings. They grow where they happen to be, their branches reaching ever closer to the sky as their roots keep them firmly in place. One particular tree — a live oak — was ...