Gardeners growing fruits, including apples, pears and raspberries, should mark their calendars this month. February is an ...

Once you purchase a tree, planting seems like it would be a simple task: dig a hole, plop your new fruit tree in, water and done. Not so fast, my intrepid gardener, there are a few steps to take ...

Loquat trees thrive in warm tropical and subtropical climates. They are suited to growing outdoors in US hardiness zones 8-11 and are relatively cold hardy, but damaged by tempera ...

Free-standing fruit trees or bush trees ... cut back the leaders (the new growth at the tip of each branch) by about two-thirds. If you want the tree to grow taller, leave the leaders and cut ...

There are two categories to consider when choosing a new tree: its growth habits, and your purpose in planting it. One of the ...

Once the cuttings produce significant new growth ... moving them indoors in winter. Fig trees typically take between 3 to 5 years to fruit, although potted plants can be harvested a bit earlier.

The term espalier refers to the way fruit trees are trained to grow against a wall ... Regularly tie down new growth at the ends of each branch to stop it growing upwards.

All kinds of tasty fruit can be grown in containers in small spaces, from dwarf citrus to cherries, apples, pomegranates, ...

Instead, you can grow a lemon tree indoors in a container. Growing a lemon tree from home has many perks, most notably that you can enjoy its fresh fruit all year, even during colder weather.