I saw a group of trees that have been topped at the Garden, but I thought that topping trees was bad for them. — Angela Groskopf, Park Ridge You may be referring to the group of sycamore trees planted ...

One afternoon in the not too distant future I’m going to get out front and pollard my golden privets. It’s a good thing I garden with clothes on, pollarding can be painful. Pollarding started out in ...

It's common to see leaves change color before falling away as autumn turns to winter in temperate regions, but if you find barren trees with branches chopped all the way to the trunk, this is likely ...

If necessary, trees can be reduced in height through proper pruning methods that cut lateral branches back to the parent limb.(mtreasure / Getty Images/iStockphoto) Q: I’ve got two trees in my yard ...

Trees undoubtedly go through a number of changes, some of which are caused by human landscaping methods. You might be used to seeing occasional trimming, or even a tree completely removed from an area ...

You either like the look of a tree that has been pollarded, or you do not. It's not a natural look. This time of year, a pollarded tree presents a trunk capped by a clubbed head, or a trunk with short ...

Q. We have nine mulberry trees that were pollarded in the past. Because pollarding causes many long branched to develop, I am wondering what the best pruning practice would be for maintaining the ...

Last fall, I blogged about a catalpa sapling I pruned. The results of that pruning have been evolving through the summer. The tree is a wildling that just happened to sprout from seed along the west ...

February is the month to prune evergreen and deciduous trees. General rules to follow are to prune dead and diseased wood first followed by removal of other wood to shape or thin as necessary. Always ...

Turkey and football are part of the annual Thanksgiving tradition for families across Acadiana. For many, bringing home a Christmas tree is part of the day's festivities. For nearly four decades, a ...

It's that time of year again and it has nothing to do with tinsel and garland. Fruit tree season is almost upon us and it is time for those with green and brown thumbs to start planning for a ...