Not all fruit trees need long, mild growing seasons. Some hardy options grow quickly, tolerate cold, and bring color and character to outdoor spaces.

A winter garden is an excellent way for gardeners to keep themselves busy and extend the growing season. But the problem is that many plants go dormant in winter, so finding a cold-hardy fruit tree ...

Martin specifically recommends the dwarf fig Ficus carica ‘Fignomenal’ as her top pick for growing in pots. This pint-sized ...

I’ve got a couple of tropical fruit trees growing in my garden in Western Massachusetts and they are flourishing despite winter temperatures that drop well below zero on occasion. These are pawpaws, a ...

Gardening Ask the Gardener: Pawpaw, a tropical-looking tree that offers nutritious fruit The pawpaw is an excellent small fruit-bearing tree, native to the region but belonging to a family of plants ...

If you're interested in growing your own fruit trees but live in a colder climate, you still have options. Consider this ...

A woman in a black and white polka-dot blouse holding a basket of pears she picked from a tree. - Kasefoto/Shutterstock Filling your yard with edible plants is a no-brainer. It's always nice to have ...

BONNERS FERRY, Idaho — This wholesale tree nursery is on an old homestead near Bonners Ferry in northern Idaho and was an apple orchard in the 1920s. It has good water, deep glacial soils, and ...

Take advantage of fig tree hardiness to harvest figs even in cold climates. Learn how to prune fig trees for a bountiful crop and how to prep a fig tree for winter. Many years ago, when I first became ...

Deciding when to plant a fruit tree depends on several factors. The ideal planting time for bare-root trees is different from the planting time for container-grown trees. The type of fruit tree, as ...

We all enjoy apples, pears, plums, oranges and other fruits that are commonly available in our grocery stores, but there are many other less familiar fruits. This topic was prompted by the upcoming ...