Dwarf or semi-dwarf trees are easier to prune and ... Despite this advantage, nectarine trees are generally a bit more challenging than peaches to grow, being less disease-resistant and less ...

You’ll find the widest selection in the semi-dwarf category: Apples, apricots, peaches, nectarines, plums, pears and others. The ultra-dwarf trees are the next broadest group. Pruning is another ...

My orange tree was planted 20 years ago and is 10 feet tall. It is a semi-dwarf, meaning that a bud from a navel orange tree was grafted onto a rootstock of a species known as hardy orange ...

And shorter, thicker and straighter trunks might create higher-value wood products in many tree species, Strauss said. Some semi-dwarf trees produced by conventional tree breeding techniques are ...