Seeking a fast-growing fruit tree for your yard? If you love birds and baking, consider a tart cherry tree (Prunus cerasus). Likely growing 1 to 2 feet per year, it can start producing fruit in 2 to 3 ...

The secret to the perfect fig is in your shears. A few strategic cuts turn a tangled thicket into a high-yielding masterpiece ...

Have you ever noticed that your backyard apple or pear tree produces a large quantity of fruit one year, but a disappointingly small crop the next? This common occurrence is known as alternate bearing ...

While many fruit trees can be grown indoors —including kiwis, avocados and limes —not every variety will thrive. Whether it’s a lack of sunlight, chill hours, or access to pollinators, there are a ...

Q: Have you seen a reduced fruit set in plums, apricots and pluots this year or is it just mine? These are 3- to 5-year-old trees and I did not see many flowers at all. Not so much lack of pollination ...

Pruning is an essential garden chore for healthy trees, and you may assume that fruit and shade trees have the same pruning requirements, but they don't.

Q. Last year I had about a dozen apples on our tree. This spring it flowered so profusely it looked like a snowball and now it has so many apples we had problems with limbs breaking. It's had more ...

Q. Last year, my plum tree didn’t have any fruit at all. This spring, it has so many plums that I’m afraid the branches may break! Why? This phenomenon is called “alternate year bearing” and is very ...

Q: I would like a Gala apple tree to match my two Anna apple trees. They are about 12 feet apart. How far from them can I plant the Gala tree, and will there be a problem with cross-pollination or ...