Crabapples don’t have much of a following in the Northwest — yet. Extend the tree-blooming season with these varieties. We are blessed with an extended parade of flowering trees in the Northwest.

Fresh fruit is a great source of nutrients, fiber, vitamins, antioxidants, and flavor. Eating it can lead to better health. However, it can take 7 to 10 years after planting fruit trees to get to a ...

CHASKA, Minn. — With all the wet weather we've had this growing season, lots of crabapples are looking bad. A big part of that is the fungal disease called apple scab, which impacts both leaves and ...

Fruit trees can convert a strictly ornamental garden into a multipurpose home landscape. Because fruits are good-looking as well as nutritious, they can dress up a sunny spot in the front garden as ...

It's no surprise that your collective fruit lexicon tends to be punctuated by familiar favorites like apples, cherries, plums, and nectarines — and for good reason. These are the fruits that filled ...

Have you ever walked around your neighborhood only to discover a tree so beautiful you felt compelled to look it up? If it had pink and white flowers, chances are good it was a crabapple (Malus ...

As you stroll the aisles of your local nursery this time of year, you might find yourself getting hungry as you pass a portable orchard of apple, pear, plum, cherry and fig trees. As winter morphs ...

Thinking about spring’s glorious flowering fruit trees in the high desert often makes one wonder, how did some of these nonnative plants get here, and even more curious, how did they adapt to such an ...

The old-fashioned, humble crabapple is an understated star of the fall garden. Gardeners know the showy spring display of copious flowers in dazzling white, red, or shades of pink, but, wow, do they ...

The world of fruit is far more expansive and exciting — not to mention flavorful — than the dozen or so varieties on offer at your local supermarket would suggest. Ever try a translucent white ...