Knowing how to grow a plum tree from a plum stone is surprisingly easy. It simply requires patience, and some care and attention. The satisfaction of a bumper harvest is just reward when growing your ...

We’ve been eating from ours since Christmas when the first Japanese variety, Santa Rosa, began ripening. Of all the fruit varieties, plums are by far the easiest to grow. They require little care and, ...

Winter is here and yet we’re still getting plenty of gardening questions to Ask an Expert, an online question-and-answer tool from Oregon State University’s Extension Service. OSU Extension faculty ...

Would the roots of a 25-foot plum tree go to a depth of 5 feet? A plum tree does not have a notorious root system, one that heaves up sidewalks, for instance. The vast majority of roots of any tree ...

Being short on space doesn't mean you have to forgo growing fruit trees. Trellising is a method of using a frame to train a tree to grow against a wall or fence. Taking the three-dimensional depth out ...

Dear Neil: My husband really likes purple plum trees, but a neighbor told me they’re not very good. Is this a tree we would want in our yard? Not all trees live to be as old as sequoias, so you’re not ...