Ron Smith remembers the beautiful fruit the plum tree in his yard produced, until his daughter hurt her foot on a woody knob its suckers left behind. He promptly cut down the tree. Smith, North Dakota ...

October is not the best time to prune lots of trees, but there is one job you can quickly do this month that will benefit many popular backyard trees. That is to remove suckers before they get too ...

Crape Myrtles (Lagerstroemia) are trees with aspirations to be big shrubs. Leave a tree alone and eventually most will send up lots of shoots from the base and turn into something more akin to a large ...

Q: I have an 8-year-old weeping cherry tree that is in need of pruning, but the long, flowing branches are nearly to the ground. When is it safe to shorten these branches? Also, how do I control the ...

I have jujube and plum trees that send runners 40–50 feet into my lawn. Can I use Roundup on the runners without killing the mother tree? Also, does Roundup work on foxtail and Bermuda grass?