Growing a papaya tree is a simple matter. If you plant papaya seeds now from store-bought fruit, you will probably see a crop within a year. Papaya trees will die in a frost but they may be grown ...

Apples and persimmons are two of the most popular fruit trees for personal gardens, but they have quite different needs, ...

Before buying container trees, visit nurseries, public gardens or theme parks known for growing plants in containers. You can educate yourself about what can be grown in containers, what is available ...

Three years ago, I impulse-purchased a tiny Fuyu persimmon tree from a specialty nursery on Vancouver Island. As a non-native species, the exotic tree did not qualify for inclusion in our small urban ...

When most people think of container gardening, they think that seasonal pots of annuals are their only choice. While annuals do provide more options when it comes to providing color all summer long, ...