Optimizing tree architecture is a long-standing challenge in fruit production, as branch orientation directly affects light ...

In Tallahassee, the ideal planting time is from December to February. Planting young trees in groups also provides better ...

You’d think that porcupines climbing trees would be visible and therefore well-studied. Roughly the size of housecats with ...

Winter may look quiet for peach trees, but what you do during dormancy can shape their health, structure, and productivity in ...

With a single tap on the screen, I open the blinds, with another, I turn on the espresso machine, and with a third, I review ...

Instead of spitting out orange seeds and discarding them, it's possible to grow your own trees. Germination and planting is ...

It can be tough to find a fruiting tree that is frost tolerant. The good news is that one does exist. It grows quickly and it ...

The oldest fossilized remains of complex animals appear suddenly in the fossil record, and as if from nowhere, in rocks that ...

California is writing rules to limit plants around buildings to protect them from wildfires, after the Los Angeles fires a ...

At this time of year, we tend to think of trees with colorful leaves as native to colder climates than ours. But then Jenny ...

Making Flush Cuts That Kill Trees Slowly Most homeowners think they're doing their trees a favor when they trim branches ...

Unfortunately they often prune plants that should not be pruned. Flowering shrubs such as lilac, azalea and rhododendron set their flower buds in the late summer and fall. If pruned in the winter many ...