Check out workshops on rose care, fruit tree pruning and making your home and garden more water efficient. Fruit tree pruning ...

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 ...

The first step to quickly transforming your yard into an orchard is selecting trees that fruit between one and five years.

Pomegranate trees can grow either along the coast or inland, unlike most deciduous fruit trees, which prefer a chillier ...

Dates are a wonderful fruit that's both nutritious and delicious. These sweet treats are easy to grow, and mature in clusters ...

From pruning and spraying to cutting back and attacking slugs, February is full of important chores for the attentive gardener.

I wrote last time about a flowering shrub called pineapple guava, a plant that produces fruit that resemble neither ...

I sat down with Russell Norton a horticulture and agriculture educator with the Cape Cod Cooperative Extension and started by asking him: why do we prune?

Clarke warns that deer are a major problem in establishing fruit, berry, and nut plants and recommends creating a protected growing space with fencing and other materials. Not only do deer eat the ...

By Amy-Lynn Albertson N.C. Cooperative Extension Many people believe my job slows down during winter, thinking I have a “break.” In reality, winter can serve as a precursor to what is to come in ...

Roses may not be in bloom this month, but completing a simple care task in February will ensure they produce lots of flowers later in the year.