If you plant a seed from a Gala apple, the chances are one in a hundred (or less) that the fruit produced from the tree that grows will be sweet. As Henry David Thoreau remarked, such seedling-grown ...

During this evening’s coverage of the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, Monty Don and Joe Swift were on hand to answer viewers’ gardening questions. One viewer asked the gardening experts how to stop ants and ...

An apple on "Newton's apple tree" at the Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden on July 19, 2023 (Photo: Lu Ting/GT) After eight years of careful cultivation by Chinese horticulture engineers, a cutting ...

After months of watering, pruning, and watching your apple tree fill up with fruit, it's tempting to rush out and start plucking them. But not every shiny apple is ready to leave the branch just yet.

Q: I would like a Gala apple tree to match my two Anna apple trees. They are about 12 feet apart. How far from them can I plant the Gala tree, and will there be a problem with cross-pollination or ...

On Verona Island, at the end of a dirt road, a couple dozen wizened apple trees stand sentry in a grassy field sloping down to the river. To the untrained eye, it's a bunch of old trees. To apple ...