After writing about the fig beetle – a shiny green scarab beetle that feeds on overripe fruit and decomposing organic matter ...

If this isn't a reason to plant one of the best fragrant trees in your yard, I'm not sure what is. (And the bees and ...

The most popular and easiest-to-grow dwarf citrus is Calamondin orange (Citrus × microcarpa), a cross between a mandarin and a kumquat. It has several flushes of beautiful, fragrant flowers throughout ...

They helped to coax the fledgling trees along and took buds themselves, and soon started up prosperous commercial navel orange groves of their own.) Thus was the massive Southern California ...

Eat the fruit fresh or turn it into jams and pies (but avoid unripe fruit, which can have low toxicity). The one drawback to this tree is the berries can be messy. Another great citrus, the Washington ...

Dwarf Umbrella Tree A flowering plant in the Araliaceae family by the name of Schefflera arboricola is indigenous to Taiwan and the Chinese province of Hainan. Due to its resemblance to Schefflera ...

Start them from seed or from basal cuttings taken from mother plants, or transplant container-grown artichoke seedlings into ...

5 things to do in the garden this week: 1. Fruit trees: Now is a good time to plant citrus of all varieties. For something truly exotic, consider planting a finger or caviar lime (Microcitrus x ...

Other list standouts include the Osage Orange Tree in Harlem – with an iconic wraparound trunk which has been featured in art exhibitions – and a Ginkgo Tree on MacDonough Street in Brooklyn ...

The Colorado Orange apple is back. The fruits of more than 20 years of sleuthing, DNA testing and slogging through a long-forgotten archive of apple drawings and wax casts have appeared in a Western ...