Knowing how to prune a pear tree is essential as December approaches. The colder weather is the perfect time to shape your plant, ensure that it's healthy before the spring growth starts and encourage ...

The way you prune a pear tree, and the time you do it, can significantly impact both the health of the tree and the amount of fruit you can expect to enjoy.

Pear trees can give you a fantastic and reliable crop of homegrown fruits year-after-year. There are lots of delicious varieties to choose from and pears can be grown as free-standing trees, trained ...

Pear trees require fertilizer when they are young and when the soil lacks essential nutrients. For young trees, a balanced ...

Gardening season is about done, but you may still have questions. For answers, turn to Ask an Expert, an online question-and-answer tool from Oregon State University’s Extension Service. OSU Extension ...

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 ...

Sycamore trees, more than 100 years old, tower above the yard and house where Grant Wood once lived. Do you ever wonder how trees — stripped of their leaves, exposed to whipping winds, extreme cold, ...

Srdjan Acimovic, an assistant professor at Virginia Tech University, shaves away bark to examine the spread of fire blight in a pear tree branch at Oregon State University’s Southern Oregon Research ...

Commonly called Chinese fringe flower, this popular shrub is another old wood bloomer. Pruning in the fall will remove the ...