For many years, a good portion of metro-Houston yards have been planted with citrus, figs, pomegranates, persimmons, pears and a few other types of fruit trees. The quest for growing tropical fruit ...

An experienced orchardist shares which fruit trees grow quickly and produce reliable harvests for home gardeners. These ...

Columbus and other early voyagers to the Americas filled their travel journals with breathless descriptions of the tropical fruits they’d never seen before: avocados, papayas, pineapples, soursop, ...

Some of my earliest childhood memories are helping my dad out in our garden. Growing up in South Florida, our backyard was filled with tropical fruit trees, bananas, orchids, and ferns galore. When I ...

We all enjoy apples, pears, plums, oranges and other fruits that are commonly available in our grocery stores, but there are many other less familiar fruits. This topic was prompted by the upcoming ...

We have come to a time when we need to depend more on our gardens and what they can produce to keep our food costs lower and products locally grown. Humans have had an impact on the world’s ecosystems ...

Leonard asks: I would like to expand my edible garden a bit and was thinking of growing some fruit. Any suggestions on what grows best here? I’m at about 1,000 feet elevation above Kailua-Kona. If you ...

The pleasure of hanging out with plant people is what you learn from them. Such people, and the plants they grow, are typically full of wonderful surprises. Just the other day, I met Ash Jahanbin, ...

A team member at Everglades Farm carefully tends to young tropical fruit trees and plants at the nursery in Homestead, Florida. Florida nursery shares thoughtful gift ideas for plant lovers and ...

On a sticky July evening at Fig Earth Supply, a nursery and gardening center in Mount Washington, a huddle of artists sipped cocktails made with turmeric and CBD, while a 9-year old dressed as a gypsy ...