Growing a blue elderberry from seed takes patience, but this rewarding process brings lasting beauty, biodiversity, and a ...

A tulip tree grows fast in the right conditions, and it attracts birds, butterflies, and more. Learn how to grow tulip trees.

Growing up in suburban New York City, our house was surrounded by woods of primarily American beech (Fagus grandifolia) and white oak (Quercus alba). And one year it occurred to me that I could ...

Yellowhorn tree seeds sprouting. With its chilling hours fulfilled in the refrigerator, these seeds feel that winter is over, and have sprouted. (Lee Reich) How exciting to think of a full-size tree ...

Olive trees need full sun, which is considered 6 or more hours of direct sunlight per day. They grow well indoors in a bright ...

How exciting to think of a full-size tree locked up within each seed still clinging to the branches of sugar maples, hornbeams, oaks, sycamores and other trees at the end of summer. It was with such ...

When growing a pomegranate indoors, it’s important to consider how tall the tree will get. Many varieties that are grown ...

There’s something about eating fresh, ripe fruit that makes us want to plant the seeds in our yard and grow our own trees. Many fruits are easy to grow from seed, just think about those watermelons ...

I am sure that deep down, even if he wouldn’t have admitted it, Ebenezer Scrooge must have had the gardening gene. Not that all gardeners are cold, calculating and money-counting taskmasters. But most ...

Charlyn Moltane, who gardens in Fountain Valley, emailed as follows: “My friend in Garden Grove has grown four apricot trees from the seeds of store-bought fruit. These trees are now five feet tall ...

How many times have you been in the garden and discovered a sprouting acorn or a winged maple seed erupting into life, and muttered to yourself, "I should put that in a pot"? But then you think life's ...

Sitting under the wide canopy of a tree can cool you off on a hot summer day and even lower home-energy costs. If your landscape is treeless, the sooner a new tree grows a shady canopy, the better. A ...