Citrus trees are abundant at retail garden centers during fall and early winter. They make beautiful holiday gifts, and they are one of the most popular types of fruit to grow in Louisiana home ...

Cold-hardy citrus varieties like satsuma mandarins and Sugar Belle oranges can thrive in North Florida despite occasional freezes. Proper planting and care are essential for citrus success, including ...

Enjoy the refreshing flavor of limes any time by growing a lime tree indoors. Lime trees (Citrus aurantiifolia) are believed to be native to Southeast Asia, but these plants can grow indoors in any ...

Having sandy soil in the yard doesn't mean you can't have an orchard full of trees bearing delicious fruit. You just have to ...

“All major fruit tree species tend to do better with spring planting,” Slack says. But it’s important to work around frost ...

Before planting, knock off the soil around the tree’s roots, which, in container trees, typically includes peat moss and perlite or a light mix. Bare-root trees will not have any soil around the roots ...

This Mediterranean tree is low maintenance, requiring sunshine and free-draining soil, and can typically provide you with ...

Late winter and early spring is the best time to prune established citrus trees and protect them from frost. Those of us who love fruit look forward to early summer’s apricots and berries, summer’s ...

Q: We had to have a tree removed in our boulevard. If we want to put a new tree where that one was, can we do it right after the stump is ground, or do we have to wait six months for the roots to die?

Every December in Southern California, the days get shorter yet brighter — and it’s not Christmas lights or the shifting sun that make the region shine. I’m talking about citrus. Trees heavy with ...