Hand pollination is a great way to get your fruit trees to produce better, more abundant harvests. It partly substitutes for natural pollinators, such as bees, butterflies, and birds—which is ...

Provide your growing apple tree with 1 inch of water per week during the growing and fruiting period, says Walke. During the ...

Growing fruit trees in the Northwest can be a very rewarding venture. There is nothing quite like going out to the back yard and picking a handful of tree-ripened cherries, a juicy Asian pear or ...

Don Kinzler answers questions about the best time to prune a rose bush and cross-pollination. He also gives a reader a recommendation for an evergreen tree that won't grow taller than 25 feet ...

Careful garden planning can maximize the benefit for butterflies, bees and other pollinators, even in a small space. This ...

From the region that gave us pollination by cockroaches and dung beetles, here’s another of Nature’s peculiarities: a plant that relies on a fungus as well as a pollinating insect. In Malaysia, the ...

Garden columnist Dan Gill answers readers' questions each week. To send a question, email Gill at [email protected]. I was wondering if you could provide me with a list of which fruit ...

Q. I have an Asian pear that I planted several years ago but it has never fruited. This spring it had lots of blooms, but it still doesn’t look like it has set any fruit. Can you tell me what is wrong ...

Q: Do pomegranate trees need cross pollination? This is the second year my single tree has had flowers but still no fruit. Do I need a second tree in order to get fruit? — D.P., Houston A: ...

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