Sure, unpruned fruit trees can still produce a crop. But knowing how to prune fruit trees properly helps them be more productive and the fruit will be easier to harvest. This guide explains the ...

Fruit trees are a source of beauty, enjoyment and nourishment in the home landscape. Their spring blooms and fall leaves brighten the yard. Their lush green canopies provide shady places to picnic and ...

Dwarf apple trees are a great choice for home gardeners interested in planting fruit trees, and with good reason. These compact trees deliver full-sized fruit without demanding the wide spacing, ...

If you long for delicious, fresh fruit from homegrown trees but don’t have a lot of space, look no further than dwarf fruit trees. Dwarf trees, as their name implies, grow to only a fraction of the ...

The apple tree is screaming to be pruned! A large, old apple tree can take hours to prune. An option is to cut it down and plant several dwarf fruit trees. (Judy Scott) Anyone who buys or inherits a ...

Many people feel that fruit tree pruning is too complex a task to be done by amateurs, but when we amateurs learn a few basic concepts, we can keep our fruit trees healthy, well-shaped and bearing ...

Pruning can seem daunting, considering everything you’ve read over the years about pruning your fruit trees – but the good news is that there is less to do than you might think. “Some of the older ...

Nothing will turn your backyard into a luscious oasis like an orchard of dwarf fruit trees. You don’t even need a lot of ground area to grow a small tree; put them in containers and reenergize your ...

It is bare-root season for fruit trees as well as time to prune and a reminder: before Valentine’s Day spray peaches and nectarines for peach leaf curl. The most important pruning is the pruning of ...

Apples are a delicious fruit loved by many people, so it's hardly surprising that they're a popular backyard fruit tree. There are many apple varieties you can grow that are great for snacking — ...

Q: I watched your pruning videos on YouTube and learned a lot. Is it possible to reduce the size of a standard-sized apple tree to a dwarf size this way? A: Probably not. Standard-sized apple trees ...