Landscaping Trees

How to prune crape myrtles

By jobehudson

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Crape Myrtles, while easy to properly prune, are often done incorrectly. Incorrect pruning causes knots to form on the tree. This article will show you how to stimulate growth, control shape and direction, and avoid unsightly knots in plant trunk... more »

How to Rake Leaves Efficiently

By Heide Braley

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My memories are filled with fond images of fall weather creeping up on the last summer days. The leaves changed their color from green to brilliant shades of golden browns, reds and yellows and then transformed into dried up crispy brown leaves. ... more »

How to Remove a Dead Backyard Tree

By Juliet Johnson Johnson

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You've been looking out at that tree in your yard for a few years now. It hasn't blossomed. It hasn't had any new leaf growth. You've checked it closely and seen that there isn't any potential for saving this dry, cracking tree. Now you have to ... more »

How to Remove a Tree

By eHow Home & Garden Editor

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The removal of an entire tree, from the roots to the tops, can be a very large and difficult job, requiring professional equipment and experienced arborists. It may be possible to remove a smaller tree, however, if you have the right equipment on ... more »

How to Remove a Tree

By eHow Home & Garden Editor

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The removal of an entire tree, from the roots to the tops, can be a very large and difficult job, requiring professional equipment and experienced arborists. It may be possible to remove a smaller tree, however, if you have the right equipment on ... more »

How to Select an Arborist

By Barbara Fahs

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Arborists are professional tree people who will make sure that tree care is done safely and in a way that will maximize your investment, "minimize injuries and liability and extend the use and beauty of trees," according to the University of ... more »

How to Top a Tree

By eHow Home & Garden Editor

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The subject of topping trees is highly controversial among arborists and conservationists. This practice, which involves cutting off a substantial part of the upper growth of mature trees, creates the opportunity for disease and fungus if not ... more »

How to Trim a Bonsai Tree

By eHow Home & Garden Editor

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Trimming a delicate bonsai tree is an art, and requires vision and inspiration on your part. For your first bonsai tree, you should select a common shrub or miniature tree, such as camellia or boxwood, both of which are hearty and will forgive ... more »

How to Trim a Tree

By eHow Home & Garden Editor

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Trimming the branches of a tree can promote new growth and extend its life expectancy. When you trim a tree, your strategy should be based on whether you are removing branches for safety reasons, for aesthetic reasons or to remove dead or damaged ... more »

How to Trim a Tree

By eHow Home & Garden Editor

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Trimming the branches of a tree can promote new growth and extend its life expectancy. When you trim a tree, your strategy should be based on whether you are removing branches for safety reasons, for aesthetic reasons or to remove dead or damaged ... more »

How to Trim a Tree for a Monsoon

By eHow Home & Garden Editor

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Monsoons occur annually and are triggered by the tilt of the Earth in relation to the sun and by the differences in temperature between land and sea. Through the use of advanced technology it is getting easier to narrow the timing and duration of ... more »

How to Trim Fruit Trees

By eHow Home & Garden Editor

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Trimming a fruit tree is slightly different than pruning other types of vegetation, since the goal is to promote growth that will encourage a more productive crop. When trimming a fruit tree, you need to expose as much new growth as possible to ... more »

How to Trim Fruit Trees

By eHow Home & Garden Editor

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Trimming a fruit tree is slightly different than pruning other types of vegetation, since the goal is to promote growth that will encourage a more productive crop. When trimming a fruit tree, you need to expose as much new growth as possible to ... more »

How to Use a High Limb Chain Saw

By eHow Home & Garden Editor

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You've decided to take that tree down yourself, rather than pay a professional tree service. However, you're reluctant to get on a ladder to cut those higher branches. You don't have to worry about that using a high limb chain saw. Two long ropes ... more »

How to Use a Rootfeeder

By eHow Home & Garden Editor

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Rootfeeders are used to water and fertilize shrubs and trees directly at their roots. Here's how they work... more »

How to Whitewash a Tree

By kreich

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Whitewashing tree trunks is an old yet effective way to sun-scald of tree bark from bright winter sunshine... more »

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