Some carbon dioxide absorbed by fig trees gets turned into calcium carbonate within the wood and the surrounding soil, ...

Painting small rocks to look like strawberries is a good way to deter birds and squirrels from munching on your garden fruit.

The Ethics of Cats navigates the tensions between domesticity and wildness, history and the self, these poems shift fluidly ...

Some fruit trees are notorious for producing a big crop one year and a much smaller crop the next. Here's what to know and what you can do about it.

Perennials. Tall slipper plant (Pedilanthus bracteatus) is a highly drought-tolerant selection from Mexica whose bracts are suggestive of Dorothy’s footwear in “The Wizard of Oz.” These bracts are ...

The saguaro cactus is the iconic plant of the Arizona borderlands, and in June and early July, its fruit ripens.

Are you looking to add a small flowering tree to your yard? The wintersweet tree (Chimonanthus praecox) looks gorgeous and ...

It’s July, and that means it’s time to hit the rewind button and look back at the big stories from last month.

5 things to do in the garden this week: Fruit. Surinam cherry (Eugenia uniflora) is a large South American shrub or small tree that produces a crop this time of year and makes a wonderful hedge.

5 things to do in the garden this week: Fruit. Surinam cherry (Eugenia uniflora) is a large South American shrub or small tree that produces a crop this time of year and makes a wonderful hedge. This ...

In early January 2025, 20 red-browed amazons (Amazona rhodocorytha), a parrot species that was extinct in the Brazilian state ...

With or without fruit, banana trees are lovely, fun to grow, and a fine addition to a garden. If you want to grow a banana-like fruit, you might consider trying the Missouri native paw-paw tree ...