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 ...

Photo by Jim Hagenhoff. The oozing sap from this plum tree trunk is the classic symptom of damage from the lesser peach tree borer. It is coming out of the holes created by the borers.

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.

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… ...

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.

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 ...

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