Fancy indulging in some mouth-watering fruit that's been grown in your own back garden, without breaking the bank? Look no ...

Plum trees fruit best in sheltered, sunny spots. If you have planted a plum tree in a position that is open to the elements, you might need to move your tree. If you grow dwarf fruit trees in pots, it ...

Which Fruit Trees Are Best for Beginners? If you're just starting out with gardening, you might be wondering: Which fruit trees are easy to care for, hardy, and still produce plenty of fruit?

The warmth may cause the trees to bloom earlier, increasing the chance that flowers will be damaged by frost. Minimizing stress on your trees will help prevent early fruit drop.

Pierce said if you have early blooming apricot or plum trees, and they're not too big, you could cover them with frost wrap or burlap.

TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - I’ve heard from a number of local residents that their trees started to bloom this fall instead of the normal time in spring. Personally, I’ve seen peaches, plums, and pears with ...

The author’s neighbor’s 40-year-old Shiro plum tree before bloom. Most Japanese plum trees grow outward instead of upward. (Barbara Damrosch) ...

Like all fruit trees in this genus, the timing of the springtime blooms makes for heartbreak or harvest here in North Texas. If the tree blooms too early, it risks getting hit with a freeze.

Joellen Dimond discusses spring-blooming shrubs, and Mr. D. talks root stock for fruit trees.

They are in fact Japanese plum trees. The Japanese plum trees begin blooming in January and February around the National Mall, months before the the cherry trees.

OSU Extension Service Q: I have a flowering plum tree in my backyard next to an Italian plum tree. The last couple years the bugs are destroying my fruit-bearing tree before I get any plums.

Like all stone fruits, plum trees bloom very early in the spring and if the delicate flowers get damaged by freezing temperatures, it means no fruit that year.