Q:THE branches on my semi-dwarf apricot tree have gotten quite long and high. Can I trim the branches now or do I wait for winter? A: Unlike most fruit trees, winter is not the best time to prune ...

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Urban gardens tend to be small, making it tricky to find the room for an orchard. However, there's one fruit tree variety ...

Shortly after Christmas, during intervals of mild weather, the Japanese apricot (Prunus mume) perfumes the air with a sweet scent of almond. This small deciduous tree explodes with color in ...

With January's colder weather, fruit trees may not get much of gardener's attention. But a little thought now should produce fruitful results down the road. While many D-FW nurseries offer a great ...

To promote bountiful fruit production and minimize the chance of disease, apricot (Prunus armeniaca) and cherry trees (Prunus spp.) should not be pruned in the fall or winter when the trees are ...

Removing this layer restricts the tree from moving water up from the roots or nutrients back down, a process known as ...

Q: How can you tell the sex of a fruit tree? The first year my parents had their apricot trees, they bore fruit. Over the winter, one of the trees died. We replaced it, but the tree has not borne ...