Hold the shears. Here are nine plants you should never prune in the spring, lest you risk fewer blooms and weepy, sticky sap.

NPR's Scott Simon talks with topiary artist Michael Gibson about South Carolina's Pearl Fryar, a notable self-trained topiary artist who died earlier this month.

The perennial question of when to prune depends on when your shrub blooms, and what your goals are - with special attention ...

Don't overdo it when it comes to pruning orange trees. The right timing and techniques will give your tree better health and ...

Originally sterile, the Bradford pear began producing fertile fruit after cross-pollination with other pear cultivars. Several states, including Ohio and South Carolina, have banned the sale of ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- A San Francisco homeowner is facing a series of fines totaling $50,000 for illegally trimming five trees believed to be on his property. Trees located right outside his home.

Flowering cherries, apricots, plums, crabapples, and such lack the fruit of their fruiting counterparts, but are versatile, ...

AND HOW TO DO IT. WITH A HANDSAW AND A CAREFUL CUT, THIS CAN BE PRIME TIME FOR PRUNING. SO I’LL TAKE THIS BACK AT THE ARNOLD ARBORETUM IN BOSTON. HORTICULTURISTS ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF A NARROW ...

Missouri's conservation dept. offers a 'Pear Tree Buyback' incentive to cut down invasive Callery/Bradford pear trees for a free native tree. A US F-35 stealth fighter made an emergency landing after ...

NOW, WE COULD STILL FEEL THE IMPACTS DUE TO RIPPLE EFFECTS FROM OTHER AIRPORTS. THE MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION IS TEAMING UP WITH OTHER PARTNERS TO GIVE OUT FREE NATIVE TREES THIS SPRING.

Reno's least favorite tree, the Bradford pear, is back in full bloom. The City of Reno's Urban Forestry Commission cares for 2,137 Bradford pear trees. That makes it the most common publicly ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Missouri Invasive Plant Council (MoIP) will host a Callery pear “buyback” program at 23 locations across the state on April 21. Missourians who register with a photo of a ...