Bare-root trees need to be planted quickly to keep their exposed roots from drying out. Here's the best time to plant so ...

Planting. Fruit trees should be planted about as deep as they were growing in their nursery pot, but high enough so that all ...

Start with the right pot size. Young fruit trees should generally be potted in a 5- to 10-gallon container. Gradually ...

When traveling in France and England I have often admired the fruit trees that have been pruned and trained to stay low and follow a wall or building. Their branches — like the extended arms of a ...

Bare-root deciduous fruit trees are now arriving in nurseries and home improvement centers. In order to squeeze these trees ...

We recently moved into a home with two apple trees. I was told that they need to be pruned every year. Could you please give ...

If you’re dreaming of picking apples or pears from your own garden in the fall, here are some recommendations for success ...

While Luther Burbank experimented with plants at his home and garden in Santa Rosa, he did the bulk of this work at Gold Ridge, his 11-acre property in Sebastopol. There he grew the famous tree that ...

Did your fruit tree not produce much fruit this year? Let’s look into why this might occur. For the home gardener, the No. 1 reason for failure of trees to bear fruit is improper tree vigor. Over ...