"Whoever thought planting them was a good idea deserves to have their car totaled by one in a mild breeze," one woman wrote.

Pruning is an essential part of fruit tree maintenance, but doing it wrong can spell trouble for your trees. Here are the key pruning mistakes to avoid.

The Bradford pear (Pyrus callerana "Bradford") was originally developed as a way to help control fire blight in pear trees.

With Spring around the corner, plants, trees and shrubs will soon be bursting into bloom. Now’s the time to get your pruning ...

And people actually call it pruning! It is statements like this that get me into trouble with tree services in the Kansas City area. But whoever dreamed up the worst pruning practice for any tree ...

Sure, unpruned fruit trees can still produce a crop. But knowing how to prune fruit trees properly helps them be more productive and the fruit will be easier to harvest. This guide explains the ...

As the calendar turns to spring with its lengthening days of warm sunshine, flowers begin to appear on fruit trees across ...

Free-standing fruit trees or bush trees, such as those grown in an orchard should be pruned when they're dormant, in winter. Trained trees, such as espaliers, cordons, pyramids and fans should be ...

Depending on the size and variety of the pear tree, expect it to bear fruit between three to seven years of age. “You can ...

Last season, we had an exceptional fruit harvest, but we need to keep expanding the range. Chef has a special passion for pears, but the ripe fruit is such a fragile, messy thing, it’s hard to buy ...