Tribune Happy New Year! My New Year’s wish is for nice, slow, soaking rainfalls to help our new plants establish and our established plants thrive. What’s your garden ...

Not all trees have the same care requirements, and that's especially true for fruit trees. To get the most bountiful yield, ...

as this will cause root rot. Allow the plant to dry out just a bit between watering. Consider making your own compost to give ...

Winter pruning compensates for breeding of fruit trees which now produce fruit that is too unnaturally abundant and heavy for ...

If the tree you are planting is a bare-root tree ... For example, dwarf cherry and apple trees only need to be between 6 and 8 feet apart. Improper watering can be devastating for fruit trees. This is ...

The cool, short days of winter usher in the bare-root planting season. Bare-root plants have been tended in commercial growing fields for several years, then dug and supplied to retailers with their ...

Fruit trees need to be grown in the right conditions if they're to flower and fruit to their full potential. Bare-root fruit trees are generally cheaper to buy than potted trees, and the time to buy ...

Find out more below. Winter is the ideal time to plant a bare-root tree, including fruit trees, ornamental cherries, birch, beech, hawthorn and many more - you'll find a wide selection at tree ...

Unless, of course, it's the dead of the winter, and they're growing inebriated after overindulging in fermented fruit ... this tree also blasts its pollen far off into the distance and cross-pollinate ...

It's not uncommon for a garden to seem a bit bare from late fall through early spring ... In summer the plants go dormant and need a little moisture to keep roots from dying back. Watering in late ...

It's not uncommon for a garden to seem a bit bare from late fall through early spring ... In summer the plants go dormant and need a little moisture to keep roots from dying back. Watering in late ...