Q: I heard that you shouldn’t use wound sealer when pruning your trees — that it does more harm than good. Is this true? A: Yes, it’s true. When pruning your trees, you should not use any sealer on ...

When your plants are wilted, discolored, or droopy after potting them up or placing in a garden bed, you're likely dealing with transplant shock. This common plant problem can affect houseplants, ...

Your new plant isn’t growing? So that tree, shrub, or evergreen that you planted this spring just sat there all season and hasn’t grown much at all? Don’t fret. That’s fairly normal and might be just ...

It happens at least once in our gardening lives: The plant we thought would be perfect here really would look better there. So, if this is your dilemma, there is a tried-and-true method for ...

A person prepares to transplant a tree in their garden. Photo courtesy Getty Images. Welcome to our tree column, “Ask your local arborist.” Each month, arborists from the Davey Tree Expert Company in ...

Have you noticed your spring-planted tree or shrub, just now starting to wilt? Several calls came into the office this week from homeowners who had planted spring trees or shrubs and are noticing that ...

To move a tree or shrub, start in the autumn by root pruning, which cuts larger feeder roots. The plant sends out new, more fibrous roots in the soil mass for the plant, which should be replanted in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Matthew Benson When your plants are wilted, discolored, or droopy after potting them up or placing in a garden bed, you're likely ...