Over the past year, scientists at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in the U.K., officially named 125 plants and 65 fungi. The ...

The colder January weather is a benefit for many fruit and nut trees in the Central Valley. Some vines also benefit from ...

Columnist Robin Trott talks about why winter pruning works on certain trees and shrubs and why it doesn't on some flowers.

Peaches are in season and this fruit tree produces a flat peach which is adapt to all climates (not just the cold). It tastes ...

In the rolling hills of Iñapari, a remote town in the Peruvian Amazon on the tri-border with Bolivia and Brazil, cattle ...

This rainforest tree solved one of evolution’s hardest problems. Here’s how it evolved to use tension and geometry to fire ...

Leaf senescence determines the duration of photosynthesis, nutrient remobilization efficiency, and ultimately crop yield and quality. Cytokinins are well known for delaying senescence by maintaining ...

Caring for deciduous fruit trees - apples, pears, peaches, plums, apricots, cherries and others - comes down to a few ...

The Alvin Sun is Brazoria County’s first and oldest newspaper and was established on August 8, 1890 as the Alvin News. In ...

Growing fruit trees in containers gives you flexibility to control sunlight, size, and damaging weather. Try growing one of these fruit trees in pots.

Pearl acacia is a large shrub, native to Australia, that can be pruned into a tidy 10- to 20-foot-tall tree. From late fall ...

As the new year begins, Brazoria County gardeners have a prime opportunity to plan and plant fruit and citrus trees that can ...