Here are Erickson’s tips on summer pruning. When choosing a new fruit tree for planting in the winter, select a 1-year-old tree and after planting, cut the tree at knee-height.

How to protect your trees from cicadas Generally, cicadas are harmless, Adams said. They don't bite, and they don't have stingers, and they're beneficial to the environment.

Researchers looked at the distributions of more than 46,000 tree species around the world and found that more than 13% have no protection. For all species examined, at least half of their ...

Although the tree normally doesn’t grow taller than 25 feet, the registry of Big Trees at https://californiabigtrees.calpoly.edu has recorded a specimen in Porterville that is 40 feet tall, with ...

Small trees have a lot to offer, which is why, in just about any landscape plan, a small tree will be called for somewhere. I began thinking about small trees in earnest last summer.