If you’d love to grow fruit trees but think you don’t have the space, think again. You don’t need an orchard or even a large backyard to enjoy garden-picked fruit. Instead, use a method perfected by ...

Fruit trees may not produce fruit due to improper tree vigor, often caused by over-fertilization or excessive pruning. Frost damage can prevent fruit set, even if flowers open; choose later-blooming ...

When summer ends, you look forward to closing shop on gardening in the fall. But do your trees need additional fertilizer?

Sprawling orchards might come to mind when we think of fruit trees, but even the tiniest garden can offer fresh pickings for the fruit bowl. To make that a reality, though, you'll need to select one ...

March, April and May are good months to prune fruit trees. Traditionally, farmers pruned their fruit trees in March. I think they did so because they had less other work they could do during this time ...

My fruit trees have not been pruned for two or three years. Could you give me some suggestions on how to prune them? It is best to prune fruit trees every year about this time to get the best quality ...

Orchards aren’t the only places where fruit trees can flourish. A modest yard, or even a patio, can be enough space to cultivate a tiny tree that will be a prodigious producer. Dwarf varieties ...

A flowering bottle brush bush. On this edition, we sought Tapp’s advice for how to contend with fruit flies attacking a house plant, why some bottle brushes that are supposed to be flowering aren’t, ...

Can I reduce the height of my apple trees so all the fruit is within reach without a ladder? Is this a good time to prune apple and other fruit trees? Fruit trees can be pruned any time from now until ...

While it can take a few years for a young fruit tree to mature and produce fruit, providing the right growing environment can help expedite the process. Adequate sunlight, well-draining soil, ...

I interrupt today’s cocktail hour to talk about…cocktails. After naming, renaming, classifying plants, and pondering the meaning of life, our friends at Botanists ‘R Us, probably needed a good stiff ...

NORTH TEXAS (CBSNewsTexas.com) - There is a research garden in Garland that is not like any in the state. The facility is at the District One Dallas County Road Repair Facility. There are four of ...