Cherries want to grow up, up, up, and that apical dominance can lead to blind wood and spur extinction, especially as trees age and less light penetrates the lower canopy. The inline V, which creates ...

High-quality genome assemblies and CRISPR editing were used in goldenberries to generate more compact and manageable plants.

Gene-edited goldenberries clear USDA review, moving closer to farms. Compact plants solve farming challenges for this ...

The practice dates to ancient Egypt and Rome, where hieroglyphs from 1400 B.C. depict espaliered fig trees to maximize fruit ...

An extraordinary botanical spectacle is drawing crowds in Rio de Janeiro: several talipot palm trees, planted more than six ...

A district at the edge of the Mojave Desert is part of a network of California schools harvesting environmental, behavioral ...

U.S. officials are expanding federal quarantine areas in Southern California to prevent the spread of citrus greening.

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 ...

Lots of fruit trees take many years to start shedding their edibles. However, this one is relatively fast-growing as long as ...

Garrett Sorber, co-owner of Radical Roots Nursery, a fruit and flower nursery in Maine ...

Growing a peach tree from a pit lets you enjoy the fun of raising a tree, even though it won’t match the parent fruit. Starting with a clean, dried pit and giving the seed a cold rest helps it sprout ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. The quandong’s fruit appear intensely blue, but without ...