Extensive pruning is best done over a period of two to three years to lessen shock to the tree, with no more than one-third ...

Plum, cherry, pear and fig trees are all known to be relatively ... as well as techniques for more advanced gardeners such as grafting. Local journalism is essential. Give directly to The ...

Dan Sheild has a stable environment for peach trees ... year. Grafting cultivars by hand, Dan Sheild uses four different root stocks for his peaches – St. Julian A, Red Prairie Plum, Krymsk ...

The fluffy blossom of cherry trees lights up the garden in springtime. Hazel Sillver looks at some of the best varieties to ...

Open center form: There is no central leader; instead, the tree has an open, vase-like form. This type of pruning works for almond, apricot, cherry, fig, nectarine, peach, pear, persimmon ...

"The studio was founded to tackle some tech issues," said Li. "It takes more than 10 years for a plum seedling to grow into a big tree. However, if we implement bud grafting or branch grafting, we can ...

In the case of many fruit species such as plum and other stone fruits, the seed is not used for food or feed but is discarded. The seeds are not generally planted to reproduce trees but instead trees ...

OPINION- My front yard is full of green from bulbs I planted two years ago. Staring at them from the front porch just isn’t making them bloom. Maybe if I close my eyes I can see the irises in full ...

That scar is an artifact of a process called grafting, or fusing two separate pieces of wood into a new tree. From citrus to peaches, almost all fruit trees are grafted, and so are pecans. Some ...