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 ...

Having an indoor fruit tree may sound appealing, but not all fruit trees are suited for growing inside. Here are the ones to ...

There are thousands of pear varieties globally, however, a much smaller selection of European and Asian pears are commonly ...

Here in the UK, ancient oaks and other trees are an enduring symbol of the British landscape, offering shelter and support to ...

Food for thought. Chris Gerlach, VP of Insights and Analytics with USApple, touches on several key topics relevant to growers of all fruit types.

Dear Reader: Bradford and other ornamental pears are grafted onto rootstocks ... Have them take the crown of the tree out as well as all major roots. Hopefully they’ll be easy to eliminate.

When you're growing and caring for a pear tree, spotting signs of pear scab can be a real downer. While the signs of pear scab are similar to those of apple scab — including yellow or olive-colored ...

But while its large brilliant flowers attracted early horticultural attention, this summertime stunner’s path to being a successful urban tree has not always been easy. Red flowering gum is a ...

If there's a pretty white-flowering tree in front of your house in spring, chances are it's Bradford pear (Pyrus calleryana), also known as Callery pear ... As the trees age, they are also more ...

If you own any fruit or nut trees, along with flowering crab apples, ornamental pears, flowering dogwoods and quinces, then dormant oil sprays are the required preventive treatment for destroying many ...

Gardeners who have apple or pear trees ... canker can kill a tree in one season and spread then to others. According to the Royal Horticultural Society: "Apple canker is a disease caused by ...