Tag: fruit trees
Mild Weather Is Still Problematic
UNITED STATES—It is amazing that so many orchards are so productive in California, and that so many similar orchards had formerly been productive in...
Deciduous Fruit Trees Need Pruning
UNITED STATES—Deciduous fruit trees have no business in a low maintenance landscape. They need as much specialized pruning while dormant in winter as roses...
Bare Plants With Bare Roots
UNITED STATES—Knowing how colorfully bulbs will eventually bloom can initially make planting them disappointing, since there is nothing to see for all the effort....
Some Plants Need To Chill
It is easy to snivel about the weather when it gets uncomfortable for us. The rain gets too wet. The temperature gets too cool....
Too Much Of A Good Thing
UNITED STATES—It was probably the extra chill this last winter that made some deciduous fruit trees bloom more profusely early in spring than they...
Flowering Fruit Trees Without Fruit
UNITED STATES—All of the popular fruit trees produce flowers. Otherwise, they could not produce fruit. The stone fruits, such as almond, apricot, cherry, peach,...
Blossoms Bloom Sooner If Forced
UNITED STATES—Pussywillow is an odd cut flower. It is neither fragrant nor very colorful. It just gets cut and brought into the home because...
Good Weather Can Be Bad
UNITED STATES—As if the lack of rain is not serious enough, the lack of cool winter weather will also cause problems for gardening. Warmth...
Prune Fruit Trees While Dormant
After centuries of breeding for abundant production of unnaturally large fruit, deciduous fruit trees have become dependent on specialized pruning while they are dormant...
Winter Is For Getting Bare
Even before the last of the Christmas trees vacate nurseries, bare root nursery stock begins to move in, and will be available through winter....