Plums are truly a top-notch fruit, but could you ever grow one from a seed in your own yard? If you're up to the challenge, ...

Growing a lemon tree (or any citrus tree, for that matter) from seed is easy. However, because lemon trees are hybrids and most of them are grafted, their seeds produce seedlings that are not ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." As with any houseplant, you need to understand what a lemon tree needs before you get started growing one ...

In this video, I show you how I grow papaya or pawpaw from seed at home. Self Sufficient Me is based on our small 3-acre ...

How exciting to think of a full-size tree locked up within each seed still clinging to the branches of sugar maples, hornbeams, oaks, sycamores and other trees at the end of summer. It was with such ...

Nothing screams summer like biting into a ripe, juicy peach, a stone fruit that’s typically harvested in the United States from May through late September. While you can buy peaches at farmers markets ...

Growing a peach tree from seed (which is located inside the pit) is a long-term project. "It may take several years before the tree produces fruit, and the resulting peaches may not be identical to ...

Question: I planted a single trunk Autumn Brilliance Serviceberry last year. It appears dead now, with bark damage near the ground. Could the cause be voles? Answer: I am wondering if you have several ...

Nothing tastes more like summer than a big bag of plump, red cherries. Once you're done plucking off the stems and eating your way around the pits, there's more you can do to keep the cherry party ...

I am sure that deep down, even if he wouldn’t have admitted it, Ebenezer Scrooge must have had the gardening gene. Not that all gardeners are cold, calculating and money-counting taskmasters. But most ...

Yellowhorn tree seeds sprouting. With its chilling hours fulfilled in the refrigerator, these seeds feel that winter is over, and have sprouted. (Lee Reich) How exciting to think of a full-size tree ...