If you have a small yard or even just a patio space, you may be surprised to learn there are a number of fruit-bearing trees ...

Are fruit trees better in pots or the ground? The answer can help you plan your layout in a larger garden, and know what's ...

Q. Last year, my plum tree didn’t have any fruit at all. This spring, it has so many plums that I’m afraid the branches may break! Why? This phenomenon is called “alternate year bearing ...

Fruit trees that have no natural access to pollinators— such as those grown indoors —will need to be pollinated by hand in ...

The sheer variety is amazing, from columnar apple varieties to “fruit salad” trees bearing multiple fruit on one tree. The first thing Bram Olson, Swansons’ Woody Plants Merchandise Manager ...

If trees don't receive the required number of chill hours, they are slow to leaf out, which leads to poor quality fruit or no fruit at all. As is my case, growing through multiple seasons with ...

Each year, the trees get bigger, and produce a few figs I get excited about, and by mid-summer, the plant has dropped them and goes back to just existing. Why do some plants produce fruit ...

The activity of pests is particularly disheartening to the home fruit grower, and it is the subject we’ll concentrate on today. A backyard orchard in northern Indiana typically consists of varieties ...