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 ...

Thank you for your support of my landscape design class beginning in July. The class size is limited, and the eight-week class I offered filled quickly. I am currently working on a second class for ...

Growing fruit trees in the Northwest can be a very rewarding venture. There is nothing quite like going out to the back yard and picking a handful of tree-ripened cherries, a juicy Asian pear or ...

Don Kinzler answers questions about the best time to prune a rose bush and cross-pollination. He also gives a reader a recommendation for an evergreen tree that won't grow taller than 25 feet ...

There are approximately 250 varieties of plums grown in California. They thrive in the San Joaquin Valley, are one of the easiest fruit trees to grow in the home garden, and are delicious to eat.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... If peaches are pointless because frost nips them in the bud and apples are often spoiled by coddling moth, try a tree that gives you fruit that’s just plum ...

Can you help me with two damson plum trees? I purchased these trees bare-root and planted them probably five years ago. They have flourished and now stand 8 to 10 feet tall. I have had them ...

Dear Master Gardener: I like your column very much. I would like to see a column about plum trees in northern Minnesota. I live north of Brainerd and have greatly enjoyed my plums, but there are a ...