Fruit trees are among the best home investments you can make since they are attractive, easy-care yard plants that produce outstanding fruit with relatively little effort. We fruit enthusiasts ...

November through February are ideal months for planting dormant hardy fruit trees and bushes such as apples, pears, plums, peaches, blackberries, grapes, blueberries, persimmons and others. Order ...

California is often called a gardener’s paradise because we can grow an amazing variety of plants. It’s warm enough to grow many tropical and subtropical fruits such as citrus, avocado, guava, sapote, ...

Gardening in loamy soils is often regarded as the best growing condition for plants. However, there are many other soil types gardeners have to contend with, from clay to silt. While they all have ...

A s the temperatures drop in October, in many climates, it is time to start thinking about protecting your more tender plants ...

As fall settles in and temperatures start to drop, safeguarding fruit trees from frost becomes an essential responsibility ...

Now is a great time to plant hardy fruit trees, bushes or vines in your landscape. Nurseries should have an excellent selection of newly arrived fruiting plants over the next few weeks for planting ...

These fruit trees benefit from being planted in the fall because it allows them to establish a good root system before extreme cold sets in.

Are you tired of winter already? Grow fruit! Last year, I decided to do just that, and now have three Meyer lemons ripening up on a spindly little tree in a south-facing window. And I have a lime tree ...