Compared to other fruit trees, growing a plum tree in your yard brings big rewards with relatively little effort. But if there's one task that you cannot skip if you want a plum harvest worth bragging ...

There's no one month in which all fruit trees should be pruned since each variety has different needs, and there are different reasons for pruning, whether that's trimming off leafy growth to ...

I received an email inquiring about pruning practices and immediately began to ruminate on the possibility of a connection between the act of pruning and the fruit known as a prune. It turns out there ...

As you bask in the warmth of the home hearth, look back on the gardening season and consider what you might want to do come spring. Got a question? Get answers from Ask an Expert, an online ...

July sees borders in full bloom, but it's still a busy month for gardeners. There are flowers to water during dry spells (read our guide on the hosepipe ban), perennials to deadhead, and, importantly, ...

Growing backyard fruit can be a rewarding gardening experience. Plums, figs, muscadines, pears and blueberries are common mainstays in Southern gardens. Pruning is an important task this time of year.

Dear Helen: We have four Italian prune plum trees in our garden, already mature when we bought the house 22 years ago. The plums are delicious although racoons knock most of them down before they can ...

Q: I have apple trees that we prune, but what about the plum tree? Does that need pruning? A: Plums are easier to prune. There aren't as many complicated rules as for apple trees. You can consider ...