The cacao trees mature at five years and begin to flower on the trunk. The flowers are pollinated by midges, a small fly.

Pawpaw trees suppress plant diversity through dense, shady growth, creating unpredictable ecosystems, but fostering diverse ...

Papaya trees are exceptionally easy to grow. Technically a large herbaceous plant rather than a true tree, they are resilient ...

Veinte Cohol bananas are a small, fast-growing variety with a creamy texture and citrusy tang. They are rarely found outside ...

What we experienced this week would not be considered a severe freeze (temperatures in the low 20s or teens), or even a hard ...

The good news is that if there is a freeze coming, we usually get plenty of warning, giving you time to prepare your plants.

As we wove through the park, Romero continued to point out a staggering variety of tropical-fruit plants: breadfruit, carambola, dragonfruit, guava, hog plum, loquat, lychee, monstera, mulberry ...

Colder-than-normal temperatures along the Treasure Coast had Pinder's Nursery in Palm City preparing for the worst, but ...

Papaya trees thrive in fertile, well-drained soil with a slightly acidic to neutral pH (5.5-7). Adding organic matter such as ...

Pawpaw patches reduce plant diversity by blocking light, outcompeting others, and creating randomness in understory ...