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From super sweet varieties to those with amazingly beautiful blooms, these dwarf plum trees show you can grow a fruitful ...

Why are there flies in my compost? COSTA: Tiny flies in the compost are called Drosophila, or fruit fly. Don’t be alarmed, they are harmless! All they are doing is feeding on the fruit scraps, such as ...

If you are thinking of planting deciduous fruit trees, now is the time to plan for this project. In the coming weeks, bare-root deciduous fruit trees will be arriving in nurseries. Unfortunately, in ...

*Growth habit: A deciduous tree often sprouting more than one trunk and having a rounded shape growing to 20 feet tall and wide. The leaves are bright green, lancelike in shape and growing to 3 inches ...

When choosing a fruit tree for your yard, one of the most important things to consider is whether the tree is self-pollinating or cross-pollinating. Cross-pollinating trees need a neighboring fruit ...

In November, I received the following email from Gary Sparr concerning a tree that plum lovers should consider planting. “We have an 11-year-old Methley plum tree that is blooming now with new leaves ...