Are you longing to grow your own citrus trees but afraid they won't survive your cold winter temperatures? Your concern is understandable because citrus trees are regarded as subtropical plants, which ...

While familiarity with the term “grafting” is widespread among gardeners, a true understanding of what grafting is and why it is done is not so common. In a nutshell, grafting is a horticultural ...

The widespread multiple-night hard freeze that occurred in North Florida near the end of December 2022 resulted in numerous citrus trees becoming severely damaged. The above-ground portion of many of ...

Citrus is the world's most economically significant fruit crop, but it faces various environmental adversities that restrict its distribution. Grafting is a crucial factor in enhancing citrus ...

Spring has sprung and that’s good news for gardeners who’ve been eager to dig into the soil once again. If you’re one of the few who’s added fruit trees to your crop list, there’s one practice you may ...

If you’ve recently purchased a fruit or nut tree — or if you already have one in your home landscape — take a close look at the trunk near the soil surface. You might see a faint scar where two ...

Not long ago, while walking down Bethlehem Road in Jerusalem, I spotted a tree unlike any I had ever seen before. It had both pink and red flowers which, upon closer examination, belonged to the same ...

Citrus trees are grafted, and that plays a role in how we deal with cold-damaged trees. Citrus trees in southeast Louisiana were subjected to temperatures in the low 20s (south shore New Orleans area) ...