September is a wonderful month in the garden-cooler temperatures, a gentle breeze, and the first hints of fall color. It's also an ideal time to start thinking about pruning your shrubs and trees.

I have a question I hope you can answer. We have our trees laced by an arborist so our trees have a beautiful shape and even look good when they are newly trimmed. On almost every other tree I see ...

Question: Our peach trees are in bloom. Does that mean we should prune them at this time? Answer: Enjoy the fall blooms and delay normal pruning until January or early February. Early leaf drop and… ...

Spirea and weigela: Prune every two to three years in late winter or early spring. Butterfly bush (Buddleia): Cut to within a few inches of the ground every year in early spring. Don’t worry: As ...

We prune to remove dead and diseased wood, to control size, to maintain a desired shape, and to encourage blooms and/or fruit. Shade trees are also pruned to remove threatening branches or open ...

With fruit trees, you’re usually pruning to encourage the tree to set more fruit and to make sure that fruit is evenly distributed and exposed to sunlight so it can ripen.

If the trees are mature or approaching maturity, you may want to prune whole branches back to the trunk. But before you cut, do look at the branch closely to make sure you can do without the whole ...

Do you have pruning anxiety? Have you wondered what to do about tree branches that just don’t look right? Purdue Extension in Whitley County will be offering “Tree Risk Assessment and Tree Pruning” ...