Step 1 - Mulch Around the Base: "Apply a two to three inch layer of mulch around the base of the tree, ensuring it covers a wide area but doesn't touch the trunk directly," he advises. "This helps ...

There, it will grace your yard with a smooth, wide trunk that can reach heights of 50 feet, and a vast, towering crown that's often as wide as the tree is tall.

Under the canopy of the enormous olive tree that shades his home, Daniel Gerwin’s 11-year-old son ascends the tree’s gnarled trunk like an expert climber while his brother, 7, reads a book a ...

Q: I have an Arbequina olive tree in a 10-inch pot that I got about nine months ago that is about 6 feet tall. It has two trunks that are about equal in height and diameter (maybe one-half-inch ...