With dozens of varieties available for sale, growing Blackberries in the home garden is easy. Selecting the right variety will depend on you climate and needs.Blackberry varieties include both thornless and thorny varieties, also upright, semi upright and trailing varieties…
Hazelnut trees are grown for the nuts which are roasted, eaten fresh as well as used to make spreads. So is a Hazelnut a Filbert… yes they are the same. And yes they make a nice ornamental as well. Eating…
Blueberry Varieties – Ripening Time Generally Blueberry Plants are classed according to ripening or picking time. They are also classed in terms of ‘Chill Factor’. This is the number of hours required below 45 F to set fruit. Other factors…
If you are looking for a real novelty fruit for the home garden, then the Miracle Fruit, (Synsepalum dulcificum) could be it. You do not grow it for the the taste of the fruit, it is used for the quality…
(Cydonia oblonga) Quince trees are not only a great fruit tree they can also make an excellent small tree for the home garden. Quince trees produce useful fruit but with good foliage they also make great specimen trees. So for…
Citrus Trees many of which are for sale online are amongst the most popular of all fruit trees for the home garden. Generally easy to grow and with many varieties now available of dwarf rootstock they are suited to growing…
Dragon Fruit or Pitaya is an attractive and tasty tropical fruit grown for the sweet tasting red or white fruit. Originally from South America Hylocereus (sweet pitayas or red pitayas) and Stenocereus fruit (sour pitayas or yellow pitayas) or Dragon…
Date Palm The true Date Palm is Phoenix dactylifera and it is a different species what we call the Canary Island Date Palm, this is a popular palm tree both for landscaping in Florida and other states. Grown for centuries…
Star Fruit Trees The Star Fruit tree is a sub tropical species that is said to have fruit like and apple and grape with citrus undertones. It can be grown for the attractive foliage and arching habit as well as…
Kumquat trees are native to China and are a small slow-growing, compact, evergreen trees eventually reaching about 10′. Suited to growing in containers Originally classified as a citrus tree, and they are related, however they were given their own genus…
From the cooler climates of Europe blackcurrants are grown both as a small bush and in rows as hedges. Valued for high vitamin C content they are usually used for jams, juices and preserves. The leaves of some varieties are…
Jabotica is a slow growing tropical fruit tree originally from Brazil and surrounding areas. A fairly small compact tree, if you live in a warm climate then you could grow them in a back yard. Also known as the Brazilian…
Guava Trees are a tropical fruit tree well suited to the home garden. Producing a sweet, fragrant fruit ranging in size from a large walnut to that of a small orange. And here we are talking about the tropical Guava,…
A common problem with lemon trees and other grafted citrus trees are suckers. Here we are talking about new growth from below the graft. They are easy to remove and should be delta with as soon as they appear. It…
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