Q: Have you seen a reduction in the fruit of plums and pluots this year? My trees are three to five years old, and I did not see many flowers on them this spring. Not a lack of pollination, but a lack ...

Pruning is a huge subject because of the immense number and kinds of plants. So let’s focus on woody flowering ornamentals and fruit trees. Ornamental woody plants that flower on old wood Prune after ...

When planting fruit trees this spring, frost should be high on the list of considerations for variety selection and tree placement. Spring frosts can be detrimental to fruit trees with developing and ...

I have a 'Bartlett' pear tree I planted 4 years ago. The second year, it produced three pears. The last 2 years, it bypassed flowering and went straight into leaves... therefore, no fruit. It is about ...

On a warm mid-April day, trees in Newton Centre burst into flower. Along Beacon Street, Centre Street, and side streets, and throughout Newton, Bradford pear trees are covered with large clusters of ...

Some fruit trees that normally bloom in late winter and spring are blooming now. Recently, a lady who had been out of town noticed that her peach trees were blooming when she arrived home. Knowing ...

Q. My flowering plum has made fruit this year. I have been here five years and this tree never made fruit before. I thought it was for flowering only and would not make fruit. Why did it make fruit ...

Q: I have an ornamental flowering plum that produces fruit. I want to spray it to stop the fruit production and the messiness it brings. Last year I had a commercial applicator apply it, but I think I ...

It’s that time of year when deciduous trees are putting on their leaves, while the oaks and pines are producing copious amounts of pollen. Live oaks are shedding leaves to put on new growth.

The plants that benefit most from pruning in winter tend to be deciduous trees and shrubs and in particular fruit trees. But pruning in winter has a very different result than doing exactly the same ...