The Right Way To Prune Plum Trees 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 ...

Cindy’s stately old tree, which is about 30 years old, with pure white flowers and an interesting tilting trunk that developed after being pummeled by several bad storms, shows a lot of character.

Growing a plum tree can be a rewarding experience for any gardener. Plums trees, Prunus domestica are members of the rose – or Rosaceae – family, and so unsurprisingly they put on a brilliant ...

Q: When is the best time to prune a 20-year-old plum tree? I get conflicting information. Early spring or between November and February? This tree has not produced fruit for many years.

Do we have a plum tree? We thought this was a peach tree. It was one of the many trees that had sprung up from our mulch pile, and we knew we had thrown peach pits in there. But the fruit does not ...

OSU Extension Service Q: I have a flowering plum tree in my backyard next to an Italian plum tree. The last couple years the bugs are destroying my fruit-bearing tree before I get any plums.