Instant access to fresh lemons opens your life up to endless cleaning and cooking hacks -- but your going to need to prune ...

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

Don't toss that supermarket lemon. Learn how to grow lemon trees (Citrus x limon) from seeds to produce one of the most fragrant flowering trees around.

As we approach the new year, I find myself thinking about fresh starts in the garden.

Free tree seedlings and grass plugs will be distributed to residents as part of TreeFest’s ongoing efforts to restore the ...

Blessed with a mild subtropical monsoon climate, Pingle is home to more than 3,500 persimmon trees over a century old, including six revered specimens exceeding 500 years, the largest such grove in ...

TreeFest is possible thanks to the voluntary planning committee and many sponsors, including the City of Wilmington, ...

When planting a fruit tree, most gardeners think of purchasing an Anna apple, August Pride peach, Mission fig or Santa Rosa ...

When my wife and I bought our home three decades ago, the persimmon tree in the front yard wasn’t a selling point. I found persimmons too tart, and my wife wasn’t crazy about the tree’s scraggly ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Not many living organisms have been around long enough to ...

If you were offered fruit with the nickname “divine fruit” or “fruit of the gods,” would you try it? It sounds delicious, right? The scientific genus name of one of our native Indiana trees, Diospyros ...

Olives are one of the oldest cultivated trees in the world, with evidence that they’ve been grown for more than 7,000 years. Native to the Mediterranean, they have lovely, silvery leaves and elegant, ...