Gardening enthusiasts with a penchant for growing fruits need to remember that regular maintenance of fruit-producing trees, shrubs and vines will maximize quality and yield. It is best to start ...

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 ...

Find out how to prune fruit trees properly, plus tips for timing your pruning right.

Their hearts are in the right place. As for their heads, well that’s something else altogether. A couple of months ago, District 5 Councilor Etel Haxhiaj said that she was leading the charge for “team ...

Q: I am having a very difficult time finding someone to prune my fruit trees the way you recommend. I am older and no longer able to direct a novice (which has failed), much less do it myself. The ...

In response to a recent column on fruit trees, Mike Davison, who gardens in Toluca Lake, emailed as follows: “I would love to plant a few fruit trees and have in the past (peach, apple, avocado) but ...

Small backyards aren't exempt from the luxury of fresh-plucked apples. You simply need to choose varieties that thrive in ...

“Another popular choice is dwarf peach trees, which begin fruiting in only 1 to 2 years through proper pruning and grow to heights of 6 to 8 feet,” Sons says. Dwarf peach trees grow best in sunny ...