Most fruits have seeds of some kind. However, while it makes sense that planting the seeds of fruits that grow on trees would produce fruit trees, it's not quite that straightforward. For reasons ...

Who wouldn't love to grow a mini orchard housing diverse fruit trees to keep us and the pretty birds visiting our backyards satiated year-round. Sadly, with even the youngest seedlings costing over ...

Suppose you have a favorite tree and you’d like to have another just like it. Can you grow a new one from seed? After all, nature does it all the time. Yet a tree in the forest bears tens of thousands ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A mother and daughter plant a tree seedling in soil together. - narikan/Shutterstock You might know Sassafras (Sassafras albidum) ...

Few shade trees are as distinctive in the home landscape as birch trees. Their unique bark characteristics, distinctive growth form and graceful delicate foliage are reason alone to feature one or ...

David Kuchta, Ph.D. has 10 years of experience in gardening and has read widely in environmental history and the energy transition. An environmental activist since the 1970s, he is also a historian, ...

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 ...