February is a very busy time for me in the garden. Where I live, we have gotten more rain than normal and I have not been able to do as much pruning as usual so on the pretty days, I have had to do ...

Question: I am confused about pruning palms as some are cut to leave a frond or two and others are left with most of their fronds. Which is correct? Answer: Obviously there are lots of confused ...

The recent amount of palm pruning around the island has left many residents dismayed and infuriated at the disregard for proper healthy pruning techniques. The iconic silhouettes of coconut palms are ...

As part of my duties as an extension agent, I answer a lot of questions about trees. Many times, folks are surprised that the solution they found online was not the best one, and that sometimes it was ...

Along with hurricane season comes the seasonal palm pruners offering their services to homeowners, especially if you live at the beach. Palm maintenance is often misunderstood and pruning tops the ...

“Root pruning” sounds like such a brutal way to treat a plant. Yet it’s a periodic necessity once any potted plant has grown as large as you want it to. Potted plants — like other plants — grow, and ...

DEAR JESSICA: Enclosed is a photo of my sago palm, which I am struggling to keep alive, as it was my mother’s. As you can see, as new fronds begin, they begin to die at the ends and do not grow into ...

It looks like we may have an early spring this year, so it’s time to start cleaning up and cutting back cold-damaged perennials. How far back to cut depends on how extensive the cold damage was. You ...

Palms need our help, because it is still evident that the massacre continues. You can easily identify over-pruned palms, even from a distance, because their canopy should be full of fronds. Instead, ...