Plum trees offer fresh fruit in summer, but they can also take up way too much space in your garden. Try this type of plum ...

As prices bite and climate quirks intensify, a quiet shift is taking root in Britain’s back gardens this autumn. Across allotments and patios, growers are ...

As the leaves fall and the air is crisp, November is the perfect time to plant certain fruit trees. Discover why this month holds the key to bountiful harvests.

If you want to plant fruit trees to enjoy the joys of homegrown harvests, the fall is a perfect time to do so. The ground conditions are ideal, as the soil is still holding onto warmth from summer, ...

Apple orchards have changed. The large stout trees with thick gnarling branches of a few decades ago are now flimsy bushes skinnier than hydrangeas that stand under 10 feet tall and need to be propped ...

A couple of years ago, one of the rarest apple trees in North America was discovered in Ron and Jeanne Russell’s Verona Island backyard. Perched crookedly on a hill overlooking the Penobscot River, ...

If days filled with beach trips, backyard barbecues, and spontaneous swim parties delayed your gardening plans this summer, fear not: Many fruit trees are better suited for an early fall planting. The ...

One of my favourite fruit trees is the small dwarf plum onto which five varieties of yellow, red and purple plums were grafted. I am not a huge fan of multi-varietal grafting, simply because each ...

Not long ago, while walking down Bethlehem Road in Jerusalem, I spotted a tree unlike any I had ever seen before. It had both pink and red flowers which, upon closer examination, belonged to the same ...