Let Stemilt’s Granny Smith and D’Anjou pears be the green consumers find in the produce department this St. Patricks’ Day.

For those living in the warmest U.S. climates, this shrub not only offers privacy, but it also attracts and supports local ...

It may seem like warm summer days in the shade are a long way off, but when the temperatures are still freezing actually is ...

An excellent choice for a small ornamental tree with year-round interest is the kumquat or one of its hybrids, which do not ...

‘The best time to plant bare-root fruit trees like apples is towards the end of winter or the first half of spring, once the ...

Gardening has trialled varieties of all your favourite fruits to help ... This can be another apple tree or an ornamental crab apple. Ask for advice from your nursery when choosing your variety. Plant ...

We grew autumn-fruiting 'Joan J' in pots alongside the varieties sold as patio raspberries. Most of the varieties we grew that were sold as suitable for growing in containers simply didn’t produce ...

The orchard at the end of Madsen Lane in Sebastopol looks feral. Its apple trees, planted in the 1950s, are sparse; the gaping yards between them make it clear that many have died. Woodpeckers have ...

In the quest to make apple trees more resilient in a warming climate ... Malus coronaria – also called sweet crabapple -- was once so common in Michigan its blossoms were designated as the ...

The Malus coronaria learned to fight frost by blooming two or three weeks later than the trees that produce cultivated ... Malus coronaria—also called sweet crabapple—was once so common ...

native fringe tree, mayhaw, southern magnolia, and southern crabapple. St. Cyr said this year the magnolia was the most popular choice of those claiming trees. Mayhaw was the second quickest tree ...