Looking to turn your yard into a secluded oasis? While a fence certainly provides privacy, it doesn't have the beauty (or ...

These fruit trees benefit from being planted in the fall because it allows them to establish a good root system before ...

“Asian pears are ready to pick and eat as soon as their skin is no longer green and has changed to shades of brown, russet, ...

“All major fruit tree species tend to do better with spring planting,” Slack says. But it’s important to work around frost ...

Q:THE branches on my semi-dwarf apricot tree have gotten quite long and high. Can I trim the branches now or do I wait for winter? A: Unlike most fruit trees, winter is not the best time to prune ...

Apples and persimmons are two of the most popular fruit trees for personal gardens, but they have quite different needs, especially in terms of cold weather.

If you’d love to grow fruit trees but think you don’t have the space, think again. You don’t need an orchard or even a large backyard to enjoy garden-picked fruit. Related Articles These flowers ...

Q: How can you tell the sex of a fruit tree? The first year my parents had their apricot trees, they bore fruit. Over the winter, one of the trees died. We replaced it, but the tree has not borne ...

Shortly after Christmas, during intervals of mild weather, the Japanese apricot (Prunus mume) perfumes the air with a sweet scent of almond. This small deciduous tree explodes with color in ...

To promote bountiful fruit production and minimize the chance of disease, apricot (Prunus armeniaca) and cherry trees (Prunus spp.) should not be pruned in the fall or winter when the trees are ...