Pear trees should be pruned in winter when the plant is dormant. 'As with most pruning of deciduous plants, it needs to be done in late winter to early spring before the temperatures rise and the ...

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

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 ...

Let me back up and explain. Ornamental pear trees (many of you call them Bradford pears) have one of the worst branching habits of any tree ever released in the trade. This tree has a number of ...

Pear, plum, fig and medlar trees can also produce good results ... later ripening varieties are suitable for storing over winter. A key factor in getting a successful crop is the tree's rootstock.

Putting all that aside, the article did start a conversation on this blog and on Facebook, and got people thinking about trees and how important they are to our world. Ornamental pear, Pyrus ...

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 ...