We'd all love an orchard with unlimited fruit trees, a cornucopia of variety that goes on for acres. But a massive fruit orchard isn't in the cards for many home gardeners. Most of us are lucky if we ...

They say money doesn’t grow on trees, but did you know a salad can? Over the past 20 years farmers James and Kerry West have developed what they called Fruit Salad Trees – one potted plant that can ...

April 29 -- For urban dwellers who may as well think fruit grows in a supermarket, horticulturalists are developing trees that offer more fruit for your dollar — and space. The so-called fruit salad ...

Rare-fruit growers in Sonoma County hold a scion swap and offer demonstrations on how to graft many different fruits onto a single tree. Thousands of varieties of trees, vines and shrubs bear edible ...

Contra Costa Master Gardener Helen Erickson has a bit of an obsession with fruit trees. She has about 40 in her home garden, but she knows that some of the things required to maintain the trees can ...

As you stroll the aisles of your local nursery this time of year, you might find yourself getting hungry as you pass a portable orchard of apple, pear, plum, cherry and fig trees. As winter morphs ...

Planting fruit trees in these spots could spell disaster. Carefully choosing where to plant your fruit trees is just as important as selecting the right types of fruit trees to grow. And there are ...

Carefully choosing where to plant your fruit trees is just as important as selecting the right types of fruit trees to grow. And there are certain spots you shouldn't plant a fruit tree, either for ...