Hybrid fruit trees are often hardier. They can also produce delicious fruit in more abundance than their parents. That's a boon for birds visiting your yard.

Many homeowners harbor secret dreams of planting an orchard and becoming more self-sufficient. The cost of fresh fruit can be ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Someone picking bright red cherries - Shcherbyna Nataliia/Shutterstock Summer brings magic to your backyard when you can choose ...

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Have you come to live in a home with a small yard? Perhaps you didn’t pay attention to the lack of space, or it was not a top concern when you moved in. But now you’ve come to realize that most trees ...

Spring-flowering trees bring color and beauty to our late winter and spring landscapes. The earliest flowering types typically begin to bloom in late January or February (although they are blooming a ...

Many small ornamental trees brighten the Chicago region with their spring blooms: redbuds, crabapples, serviceberries, magnolias, wild plums and many more. Cherries, not so much. The Japanese cherry ...