Regular pruning is essential to ensure a healthy and productive fig tree.

Joellen Dimond talks about creating a spring gardening checklist and Bill Colvard prunes a fig tree.

A question for Dan Gill: I have a 40-plus-year-old fig tree that is about 12 feet tall. I would like to cut back the high branches and reduce the height of the tree so I can pick the figs easier ...

If you have established fig trees in your yard, take a look. They may be due for a good pruning. The winter dormant period, from now through January, is the best time to prune.

Your initial action of pruning back the dead branches was the correct judgment call. Pruning stimulates growth in a plant. And that is what happened in your case. The roots were alive, the plant ...

Late winter – remember that spring does not start officially until March 20 – is the recommended time for pruning many trees and shrubs. Pruning now has several advantages.

As summer approaches, it’s time to finish pruning trees and shrubs that flowered in spring. “If you wait too long after they bloom, you’ll diminish next year’s flower displa… ...

How to Prune a Young Fig Tree Pruning young fig trees is essential for establishing their overall shape, especially if you're growing them in pots, says Sideman.