While it might not be as dramatic as a towering, decades-old fruit tree, the Greensleeves apple tree is a perfect pick for ...

Pruning is my favorite gardening task, and now is a suitable time to start pruning shrubs that have put on growth and need ...

Some fruit trees are notorious for producing a big crop one year and a much smaller crop the next. Here's what to know and what you can do about it.

I’ve moved around a lot, and so have gardened in all sorts of settings. From a small, sun-trapped balcony in east London to a ...

a garden of apple trees planted at civilized intervals, lost among the tangle of mossy woods around them like a sacred grove shielded from the eyes of man. These are old trees, most dating from the ...

Trees are not static fixtures. They are dynamic, changing, living beings.” That is how I closed my previous column on tree ...

In my case, though, the result of pruning old apple trees makes me dream not of thousands of apples picked but of thousands of water-sprouts clipped. In Frost’s poem, the irregular meter and rhyme ...

A healthy fruit tree is a magical thing. Besides providing a wealth of delicious food, a thriving tree creates shade and beauty and increases biodiversity in your yard. To keep fruit trees healthy and ...

If left to their own devices, most apple trees grow into large, globe-shaped trees, with the best fruit forming on the tree’s outer perimeter, high above convenient apple-picking height.

We moved to an old house with some old apple trees but they still gave a good crop in the fall when we first moved in. Not sure if apples need pruning every year or just occasionally.

We moved to an old house with some old apple trees but they still gave a good crop in the fall when we first moved in. Not sure if apples need pruning every year or just occasionally.

Last week’s column offered a February “To-do” list. Pruning fruit trees and berry bushes topped the list and while we often think of pruning and training young apple trees, mature ...