Growing a pear tree gives you sweet fruit and year-round beauty with very little maintenance required. For success, choose the right variety for your climate, plant in full sun, and water deeply each ...

Most backyard pear trees never reach their true potential, not because of poor soil or lack of sunshine, but because of neglect with the shears. Without intervention, branches crowd together, blocking ...

Follow these tips on how to prune citrus trees to encourage strong branches and improve fruit production. Knowing when and how to prune citrus trees (lemons, limes, grapefruit, tangerines, oranges, ...

The Johannesburg City Parks and Zoo (JCPZ) plans to plant about 2 000 trees in Noordwyk, Midrand. JCPZ regional manager Dr Joseph Mbulaheni Ndou said this was because some of the trees in the area ...

David Viggiano and his partner bought a bungalow on the Far North Side of Chicago a decade ago, and gradually made it their ...

Invasives: The fast growing Callery and Bradford pear trees might be beautiful, but they wreak havoc on local ecosystems.

Whilst certain Japanese maple cultivars provide year-round appeal through their graceful forms and diverse leaf tones during spring and summer months, it's during autumn that their foliage genuinely ...

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Overhanging branches from a neighbour's tree can be a constant nuisance, creeping over fences, blocking out the sun and shedding leaves all over your lawn or patio. The frustration is clear, but the ...

In about 30 acres of dense forest in the Litchfield Hills, a team of foresters and researchers are pioneering new forest management techniques that they say can be replicated throughout New England to ...

This week, I harvested a load of pears from my garden, so what better way to use some of them up than to whip up an incredibly delicious upside-down pear cake? It came out unbelievably moist and was ...