The Annual Spring Heirloom Apple Tree Sale at Horne Creek Farm will kick off on Saturday, March 21 from 9:00 am — 4:00 pm. The sale will be on-going throughout ...

Michigan’s native pawpaw trees produce a fruit that looks like a mango and tastes like a banana. Sometimes called the Michigan banana, it’s been hailed as the state’s “secret” fruit. Anyone in ...

Botanists from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) named the new species, Clusia nanophylla, because of the tiny size of the leaves, the smallest within the genus. This species has only ...

Our last measurable rainfall was Feb. 19, when a half-inch fell. The top foot or so of soil is dry, affecting new plantings.

The official start of spring is March 20, although longtime Oregon gardeners know the real start of the season comes March 22 ...

You can hand all your hard-earned dollars over to the grocery store during cherry season, or you can grow your own. Here's ...

Hybrid fruit trees are often hardier. They can also produce delicious fruit in more abundance than their parents. That's a ...

There’s nothing quite like enjoying your favorite fresh fruit picked straight from your own garden. Some fruits take years to mature, but others grow much faster. Here are five fast-growing fruit ...

Dwarf or compact varieties grow better in containers. Popular varieties such as Bhagwa or Ganesh adapt well to warm climates and begin fruiting earlier than plants grown from seeds. (Image: AI ...

A popular product used by home fruit-tree growers in days past was a spray known as “dormant oil.” Gardeners would apply the ...

Originally from the Kwa Zulu Natal province on the south west coast of South Africa, the Natal plum thrives in the coastal sand dunes of this area as well as inland in upland areas like those in the ...