Japanese maple trees (Acer palmatum) add interest to your landscape all year long. Their delicate palmate leaves form a lace-like canopy in vibrant shades of green, bronze, red, orange, and purple ...

While most varieties of Japanese maples grow only 6 to 12 inches a year, pruning helps maintain their shape and keep them healthy. Remove dead, damaged, or crossing branches to improve airflow and ...

We’re deep into fall and gardening is winding down, but there are still things gardeners wonder about. If you’ve got questions, turn to Ask an Expert, an online question-and-answer tool from Oregon ...

Winter is an ideal time to prune, as the lack of leaves on deciduous trees and shrubs enables gardeners to see what they’re doing more clearly. What’s more, since sap is not as active during the ...

JAPANESE LACELEAF maples (Acer palmatum var. ‘Dissectum’) are among the loveliest trees in the Puget Sound region. These gorgeous trees thrive in our climate, and their graceful, cascading form brings ...

Japanese Maples and Crape Myrtles are two of the last trees to enter full dormancy and lose their leaves in late winter. Both can be safely pruned in late January or early February after you’ve ...

Many ornamental and fruit trees can benefit from pruning in April, but not all of them. Indeed, you can do serious harm by trimming at the wrong time. On that note, we reveal seven trees to never ...

Want to keep your trees looking their best? Here's a guide on what to prune and when.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. While most varieties of Japanese maples grow only 6 to 12 inches a year, pruning helps maintain their shape and keep them healthy.