After last week’s column on transplanting 8-year-old plum trees was published, City of Las Cruces Community Forester Jimmy Zabriskie contacted me about another important consideration: sunscald ...

Most plum trees are trained into an open-centered shape, with several main limbs instead of just one trunk. This shape allows more light to reach the branches and promotes air circulation ...

Some cherry and plum trees in the central Ohio area are turning black from a fungal disease. Here's what you need to know.

A Japanese saying has it that “the rotting trunk of even the oldest plum trees will burst with new life in the first month of spring.” But, of course, life is not all spring.

Can you help me with two damson plum trees? I purchased these trees bare-root and planted them probably five years ago. They have flourished and now stand 8 to 10 feet tall. I have had them profess… ...

I’m concerned with my purple leaf plum tree. Originally, I was only concerned with the dark crusty limbs, and then I noticed some stuff like dark coffee grounds at the trunk.

Last year, my plum tree didn’t have any fruit at all. This spring, ... Start on branch ends that are farther from the trunk and leave only a few near the base of the branches.

Sherry Keef sent me an interesting e-mail that contains a lesson for all of us. She writes, “We have a Thundercloud plum tree in our back yard that we planted five years ago. It continues to … ...

Grass against a trunk also increases the likelihood of string trimmer damage and disease problems. Protect your trees by keeping grass and other vegetation a minimum of 2 to 3 feet away from the ...