With Earth Day right around the corner and the warm weather of spring inviting us all outside to enjoy some much-needed sunshine, this may just be the perfect time to do some spring planting. In the ...

Apple trees (Malus) not only give us fruit – they are also excellent wildlife plants, especially crab apples. ‘Apple trees are a good source of forage for bumblebee queens in springtime and for red ...

The warm weather we've experienced in Greater Columbus this past week has many a gardener itching to get outside and plant something. This past week I saw the first fruit trees available for purchase ...

If you want to cultivate your own orchard but don’t live in a warm location, check out these expert-recommended fruit trees ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Planting your own fruit tree is an incredibly rewarding experience, and apples are one of the most common fruit trees in home ...

Joellen Dimond plant hollies, and Mr. D. discusses disease-resistant apple tree varieties. This week on The Family Plot: Gardening in the Mid-South, University of Memphis Director of Landscape Joellen ...

Roughly 44% of Michigan’s apple trees are either Galas or Honeycrisps – yet despite their dominance, the state is known for its variety of apple types. Michigan had nearly 15 million apple trees in ...

A couple of years ago, one of the rarest apple trees in North America was discovered in Ron and Jeanne Russell’s Verona Island backyard. Perched crookedly on a hill overlooking the Penobscot River, ...

The Malus coronaria learned to fight frost by blooming two or three weeks later than the trees that produce cultivated varieties of apples like Honeycrisp or Red Delicious. A key to protecting apples ...