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Fruit trees require some care and upkeep to ensure they produce, but only two types can be pruned in the winter.

It's not too early to get started nurturing some new trees. In fact, one fruit species does spectacularly when propagated indoors from cuttings.

You don’t need a sprawling orchard or years of gardening experience to grow certain types of fruit trees. Many of the most ...

Fruit trees may not produce fruit due to improper tree vigor, often caused by over-fertilization or excessive pruning. Frost damage can prevent fruit set, even if flowers open; choose later-blooming ...

We recently moved into a home with two apple trees. I was told that they need to be pruned every year. Could you please give ...

(CBSDFW.COM) - There are your standard fruit trees around North Texas that many people have in their yard. Peaches is likely the main one. The Santa Rosa Plum is not only an attractive tree, it ...

In the home landscape, fruit trees probably provide the biggest spectacle; beautiful, fragrant spring blossoms followed by an abundance of summer and fall fruit. I have often asked, why is it we do ...

I interrupt today’s cocktail hour to talk about…cocktails. After naming, renaming, classifying plants, and pondering the meaning of life, our friends at Botanists ‘R Us, probably needed a good stiff ...

You don’t have to have a significant property to grow fruit trees. Lots of fruit and nut trees can grow in Rowan County. Some of the most popular include apples, peaches, persimmons, pears and pecans.