Q: I watched your pruning videos on YouTube and learned a lot. Is it possible to reduce the size of a standard-sized apple tree to a dwarf size this way? A: Probably not. Standard-sized apple trees ...

Flipping through the colorful fruit pages in the plant catalog offers a pleasant treat to our eyes, and one can’t resist the temptation to select fruit trees such as apples based on color, size, and ...

Q:I’M inquiring about the availability of dwarf persimmons. A friend has a small yard, and a dwarf tree would be the ideal size. A: There are many different types of dwarf fruit trees, but I’m not ...

Growing fruit trees is full of misconceptions. Just because you don’t live on a expansive farm with hundreds of acres doesn’t mean that you can’t enjoy the fruits of your passion. Dwarf varieties of ...

These last weeks of September and early October comprise prime fruit tree planting time. The ground is warm still, rain is rife, and disturbed roots have all winter to dig in slowly and make ...

If you own or rent a small patch of sun, you can grow apples. So-called dwarf fruit trees, a.k.a. patio apples, are gateway plants for budding urban permaculturists. One of the first things I did when ...