Cherry blossom trees love the sun! They need at least six hours of full sun each day to grow and bloom their best. Picking ...

But there they are, and approaching fast: the Japan Meteorological Corporation recently released its fourth 2025 sakura forecast, giving us a good picture of when to schedule cherry blossom ...

‘The best time to plant bare-root fruit trees like apples is towards the end of winter or the first half of spring, once the ...

A cherry blossom festival held here as a harbinger of early spring in the Izu Peninsula is now under way, but ironically not ...

Weathernews released on January 29 its second forecasts of when Somei Yoshino cherry trees will bloom in Japan in 2025, the earliest in Tokyo on March 21. The variety is expected to blossom from the ...

Winter tree pruning is an important step in garden maintenance that can significantly affect the health of trees, their development, and yield in the next season. However, not all gardeners know how ...

Every winter I prune my fruit trees and as I do I think, 'uuhhh I don’t really know what I’m doing.' So this year I decided to reach out and get some help. I sat down with Russell Norton a ...

Note: Do not prune more than 20% of your tree in a single year. This could put it into shock. If you over prune, your tree will dedicate its energy to growing new leaves instead of fruit.