Crape myrtle (Lagerstroemia) has had a large amount of breeding work in the east in recent years. Varieties in a wide range of colors ranging in size from small shrubs to small trees are now available ...

Q. About three years ago I planted a flowering plum with purple leaves and pink spring flowers. All this time, it just flowered and then turned purple, which is fine. This year I got fruit: little ...

Dear Neil: What is wrong with my flowering plum tree? It was planted in 2017 and has doubled in size. Every year it’s had beautiful pink flowers, but not this year. What might the problem be? (The ...

Flowering cherries, apricots, plums, crabapples, and such lack the fruit of their fruiting counterparts, but are versatile, ornamental trees.

The timing of flowering and fruit ripening plays a decisive role in the productivity, quality, and climate adaptability of fruit trees. In Japanese plum, these phenological traits are particularly ...