A: I admit it can be confusing, but there is a significant difference between topping a tree and pruning to control size.

Q. Many times I have read, “Never top a tree!” I have also read that we should keep fruit trees at 8 feet for easy picking.

Symmetry is when one side of a shape is a mirror image of the other side. Lots of buildings and everyday objects use symmetry because it looks appealing to the human eye. But, if you step outside ...

The sunflower family tree has revealed that flower symmetry evolved multiple times independently, a process called convergent evolution, among the members of this large plant family, according to ...

Pruning a newly planted tree to shape it for symmetry and an open canopy will go a long way towards keeping a healthy tree that doesn’t need radical pruning later on. Pruning fruit trees to ...

Now is your opportunity to reduce the size of plants that have outgrown their space, correct symmetry issues and lift ... like to remove these and raise the tree canopy to make it easier to ...