A: This phenomenon is called alternate-year bearing and is very common in fruit trees. In non-bearing years, the tree tends ...

Growing a plum tree can be a rewarding experience for any gardener. Plums trees, Prunus domestica are members of the rose – or Rosaceae – family, and so unsurprisingly they put on a brilliant ...

Nalani Vaughn, owner of Fruitmommy Organic Solutions, watched as her crew of experienced pruners removed deadwood and branches from the grove of 15 mature navel and Valencia orange trees, survivors of ...

Plums are a kind of stone fruit that belong to the rose (Rosaceae) family. This plant family includes nearly 5,000 species including flowers, trees and shrubs, plus foods like raspberries ...

A volunteer project led by parent and master gardener Jennifer Giaconi plants 26 fruit trees on a campus hillside ...

Most are quite suitable for home landscaping and require much less care than cultivated varieties of fruit trees. Some of the best include persimmon, wild plum, pawpaw, chokecherries, and ...

plums, apricots, nectarines, cherries and almonds. So far, it's made up of 15 kinds of fruit trees, including six types of peaches. Over the next five years, Van Aken will continue visiting Temple ...

plum and pear trees around Dr. Charles R. Drew Elementary School. “The response has been incredible,” Mary Glass of the Arlington Tree Connection told ARLnow. The initiative for fruit trees ...