During summer and fall, we all enjoy a plethora of fruits from our home gardens and from the local farmers market. Each fruit starts with a flower. Then four separate events will take place in ...

There is one beautiful flower that adds fragrance and elegance to any garden, and it's especially valuable when planted under fruit trees. That's because this flowering herb supports pollination and ...

Q: Several years ago at the university orchard on Horse Drive, you gave us a list of five different peach trees to plant, each ripening at different times. We’ve enjoyed peaches from May through ...

If you plant a seed from a Gala apple, the chances are one in a hundred (or less) that the fruit produced from the tree that grows will be sweet. As Henry David Thoreau remarked, such seedling-grown ...

Advances in Horticultural Science, Vol. 20, No. 4, SPECIAL ISSUE ON FLORAL BIOLOGY OF TEMPERATE FRUIT TREE SPECIES (2006), pp. 293-307 (15 pages) Authors assessed the flower density, fruit set, number ...

It’s that time of year when deciduous trees are putting on their leaves, while the oaks and pines are producing copious amounts of pollen. Live oaks are shedding leaves to put on new growth.

Bugs including hoverflies, lacewings and ladybirds play an important role in keeping Britain’s apples healthy, a new study has shown. Wildflower strips planted around apple orchards provide a habitat ...