Whether you're growing Victoria, Avalon or Blue Tit plums, pruning should be done yearly to keep a healthy plum tree in your garden. Timing is everything when it comes to pruning your garden plum crop ...

I received an email inquiring about pruning practices and immediately began to ruminate on the possibility of a connection between the act of pruning and the fruit known as a prune. It turns out there ...

Autumn is a perfect time for the annual pruning of almost all fruit and nut trees or vines — always immediately after harvesting. We don’t prune fruit trees to make them look nice, or “tidy them up” — ...

Compared to other fruit trees, growing a plum tree in your yard brings big rewards with relatively little effort. But if there's one task that you cannot skip if you want a plum harvest worth bragging ...

Easy to grow in a sunny position, there are a variety of species for warm or cool climates, with less rigid pruning requirements than other fruit trees such as apples or pears. The best pruning time ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Plums and damsons are often used interchangeably–but is that accurate? Photo: Getty Images Late summer is considered plum season: ...