Q: I would like to plant an attractive tree, preferably flowering, in my Noe Valley backyard. Two things I am concerned about are water requirements and vermin. Both plum and cherry trees seem to do ...

Q My plum tree never fruited this year, even though I believe it was a bumper year for plums. What went wrong? A More than likely, pollination didn't occur and plums can be tricky because of the time ...

A plate of plums sits on a wooden table - Ekaterina Smirnova/Getty Images If your parents ever warned you not to swallow the pits of stone fruits because a fruit tree would grow in your stomach, you ...

Being short on space doesn't mean you have to forgo growing fruit trees. Trellising is a method of using a frame to train a tree to grow against a wall or fence. Taking the three-dimensional depth out ...

All of the popular fruit trees produce flowers. Otherwise, they could not produce fruit. The stone fruits, such as almond, apricot, cherry, peach, plum and prune, bloom very impressively at this time ...

Q. My jamun tree’s growth is very slow and it is not fruiting, although it is almost 10 years old. Please advise what should be done. A. Black plum or java plum, locally known as jamun, is a small, ...