It's important to recognise the differences between types of cherry trees when it comes to pruning. This is our expert-led ...

Yoshino Cherry grows quickly to 20 feet, has beautiful bark but is a relatively short-lived tree. It has upright to horizontal branching, making it ideal for planting along walks and over patios.

This is true for cherry, apricots and a few related species. With these trees pruning should be done during the summer growing season to keep the tree size in check and avoid disease problems.

Another popular cherry tree is the 'Kanzan' (Prunus 'Kanzan'), which is also a cultivar. You can identify this variety, says Watkins, thanks to its double flowers that form in impressive clusters ...

The cherry tree looks like it hasn’t been pruned in years. I have read some about when to prune and how much to take off but I’m still not sure. It looks like some years ago it may have been ...

The big orange trucks emblazoned with the words "Tree Experts" rumbled into the neighborhood off Connecticut Avenue on Tuesday with one mission, one target. Pepco had ordered them to slash limbs ...

The Japanese flowering cherry trees now in serene flower around Washington’s Tidal Basin are, for the most part, clones of a single plant favored in 19th-century Tokyo and named Somei-Yoshino.