With most trees and shrubs virtually naked this time of year, there can often be few observable signs of life among the ...

referring to the warm spell last winter that preceded a catastrophic cold snap that decimated crops across the Okanagan and elsewhere in B.C. “And if you look at the fruit buds, they are ...

I sat down with Russell Norton a horticulture and agriculture educator with the Cape Cod Cooperative Extension and started by asking him: why do we prune?

Paris-based sales outfit MPM Premium has acquired international rights to “Cactus Pears” (Sabar Bonda), the feature directorial debut from India’s Rohan Parashuram Kanawade, ahead of its ...

But the story is a bit more complicated as, like most citrus fruit, the orange is actually a hybrid. "There is no such thing as a wild orange in China," botanist David Mabberley, adjunct professor ...

Mashed mesquite pod porridge sweetened with prickly pear fruits was a staple, and cholla cactus buds sustained Indigenous groups during lean times. Cholla buds were crucial staples in March ...

Here’s why you should rethink Bradford pear trees and what to do about them. There’s a lot wrong with Bradford pears. Sure, they have beautiful white blooms in early spring before their leaves emerge.

"And if you look at the fruit buds, they are starting to swell a little bit. They are breaking their dormancy, which is way too early for that to be happening." This week marks one year since the ...

This week marks one year since the deep freeze that sent temperatures plummeting to about -30 C in some fruit-growing regions. (Darryl Dyck/Canadian Press) Peter Simonsen says buds on the ...