Learn about the fundamentals of pruning dormant apple trees in this hands-on workshop. We'll cover pruning techniques, decision-making, and best practices for tool care. Bring your own tools, such as ...

At this time, trees are dormant, and pruning contributes to their better development. For some types of trees, such as apple and pear trees, the period from December to January is ideal for pruning.

If you are considering adding these lovely trees to your house, congratulations on a smart decision. But while these trees cannot grow too tall, they still require pruning to develop healthily. We ...

Which type of cherry tree do I have? There are three groups of cherries ... Sweet cherries fruit on one- and two-year old wood, and on spurs of older wood. Overall, they require only light pruning ...

Every winter I prune my fruit trees and as I do I think, 'uuhhh I don’t really know what I’m doing.' So this year I decided to reach out and get some help. I sat down with Russell Norton a ...

While spring blooms tend to grow on old wood from the previous year, summer flowers usually sprout from new growth and therefore rely on winter pruning to clear the way. There’s lots of benefits ...

Advanced Practical Gardening pruning Bramley apple tree (Image: Ruth Darrah) The Advanced Practical Gardening students did a great job of pruning an old Bramley apple tree and fan-training the peach.

Pruning is an important job that helps keep plants, flowers, and trees nice and healthy and leads ... If the plant is heavily congested, cut out any really old branches from the base to promote ...

fruit trees or remedial pruning of outgrown hedges or shrubs. “There are a number of pruning jobs that can be done in February if you live in the south of the UK.” On the subject of pruning ...

Pruning Buddleja davidii is essential if you want to keep it looking its best. If you don't prune your buddleia it can become tatty and overgrown, developing a twiggy tangle of bare stems, with the ...

If you learnt how to plant climbing roses last summer, then learning how and when to prune it will be the next thing on your rose-care list. For newly purchased climbing roses or those that are only a ...

A family-run cider farm has planted a new orchard. Oldfields Cider, based near Tenbury Wells, has added an eight-acre cider apple orchard to its existing 22 acres. The new orchard, planted in January, ...