Help your tree thrive by planting it at the optimal time. Planting an apple tree at the right time and place ensures years of beauty, growth, and homegrown fruit. Spring planting is most effective in ...

As we approach the new year, I find myself thinking about fresh starts in the garden.

Chilling hours, often shortened to chill hours, refer to the number of hours a fruit tree is exposed to temperatures between ...

Apple trees are some of the loveliest in the world, as are their close relatives, the crabapples. Their blossoms in spring are intoxicating, and no wonder — they belong to the Rosaceae family, which ...

Apple, pears and plums are the lowest maintenance fruit trees once established. Besides annual pruning, they're easy to care ...

Prune in winter to get the most out of the investment of time and money you put into this fall-fruiting tree — that is, lots ...

When planting a fruit tree, most gardeners think of purchasing an Anna apple, August Pride peach, Mission fig or Santa Rosa ...