Knowing how to prune a pear tree is essential as December approaches. The colder weather is the perfect time to shape your plant, ensure that it's healthy before the spring growth starts and ...

Gardeners growing fruits, including apples, pears and raspberries, should mark their calendars this month. February is an ...

Trained trees, such as espaliers, cordons, pyramids and fans should be pruned in late August or early September. When pruning it's essential to keep your secateurs sharp. Blunt tools can cause ...

‘The best time to plant bare-root fruit trees like apples is towards the end of winter or the first half of spring, once the ...

More specifically, he encouraged gardeners to prune their apple and pear trees this month. He stated: “The pruning of both apple and pear trees is best done over the colder winter months.

Pruning methods vary with each fruit tree type to ensure their health and maximize yield. Follow these specific tips for apple and pear trees, citrus trees, and stone fruit trees for the best results.

Ornamental pear trees (many of you call them Bradford pears ... an “accident waiting to happen” really worth the repeated pruning expense? Not to mention that ornamental pears have now ...

Training, blossom thinning, summer pruning and fruit thinning can take time, but you reap the rewards from the effort. The same is true with apples. Cordons and espalier systems both work well in the ...

UK households who have pear or apple trees in their garden have been warned to prune them in winter. The Royal Horticultural Society has issued a warning to UK households who need to act in the ...