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 ground is no longer frozen so it can be easily dug, ...

It ripens midseason and is good for colder climates. We found 10 dwarf flowering shrubs for containers. When it comes to pear trees, you’ve got a choice—­European or Asian. In choosing ...

Below: Cornelian cherry (Cornus mas), a-flowering branch, b-blossom, c-fruit branch, d-fruit, e-seed (cross section); Pear tree (Pyrus communis), a-flowering branch, b-blossom (cross section), ...

Almost no other tree is as stunning as a cherry blossom tree when it’s in full flower (after all, there are festivals worldwide that celebrate the bloom of these trees, such as the one in Washington, ...

The first step to quickly transforming your yard into an orchard is selecting trees that fruit between one and five years.

As you approach spring landscaping chores, you might be considering adding a dogwood tree to your yard. Types of dogwood trees vary from the 6- to 12-inch miniature dogwood “tree” known as bunchberry ...

Named for its “cherries,” oblong red drupes, rather than for its flowers, the European Cornelian Cherry Dogwood can ... variegated foliage. The dwarf dogwood tree isn’t actually a tree ...

For some sprawling greenery under your fruit trees, check out these ground covers that specifically pair well with a variety ...

x gondouinii, are pruned in the same way. Acid cherries such as 'Morello' have been developed from the dwarf cherry from south-east Asia, Prunus cerasus, and are pruned quite differently once mature.

I may be frowned upon for choosing an out-of-season topic here. I want to write about sakura, flowering cherry trees. Touemon Sano, the famed professional gardener known as the “sakura keeper of ...

You can enjoy the cherry blossoms at eye level The park is Kyoto's largest cherry blossom viewing area, with 680 trees. At the time of flowering, the whole park is transformed into a fantastic sea of ...