Last week we discussed the importance of spreading scaffold branches of trees that have upright growing habits. This week we're going to discuss what happens to the plant tissues when branches are ...

Birch and poplars produce scaly, pendulous catkins, which are their flowers. Wish that we had honeysuckle as these too can be forced. But flowering almond, often used as a hedge here, produces ...

For a bit of early color and fragrance inside your home or office, branches from many common flowering trees and shrubs can be forced to blossom indoors, even when the weather outside is cold and ...

Q. I have a Honeycrisp apple tree that was planted about five years ago. It is loaded with apples this year, and the branches are really drooping. I'm afraid they'll break. What should I do, pick some ...

Last spring (2023) was tough on apples in some places. Up on top of the ridges, well above 2,000 feet in elevation, things were fine. Up there trees were covered with fruit. But drop down in the ...

Q: I noticed my 35-year-old crab apple tree has some branches in bloom. I have never seen this before! Could it be the warm temperatures we have been having but then again, only this one branch? Maybe ...

17:40, Wed, Jan 14, 2026 Updated: 17:44, Wed, Jan 14, 2026 Apple trees are hardy and can thrive tucked away in a garden without much maintenance, but one simple job can make a big difference in the ...