Compared to other fruit trees, growing a plum tree in your yard brings big rewards with relatively little effort. But if there's one task that you cannot skip if you want a plum harvest worth bragging ...

There are approximately 250 varieties of plums grown in California. They thrive in the San Joaquin Valley, are one of the easiest fruit trees to grow in the home garden, and are delicious to eat.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... There’s a ridiculous level of anxiety going on in my garden involving four types of plums and a commitment to try not to show up at my friend Gerald’s house ...

Can you help me with two damson plum trees? I purchased these trees bare-root and planted them probably five years ago. They have flourished and now stand 8 to 10 feet tall. I have had them ...

Start by choosing the correct variety of plum, then remove the pit. Extract the seeds from the pit, then let them germinate before placing them in the soil. Wouldn't it be great to have free plums ...

Would the roots of a 25-foot plum tree go to a depth of 5 feet? A plum tree does not have a notorious root system, one that heaves up sidewalks, for instance. The vast majority of roots of any tree ...

The fascinating journey of a plum seed to a young tree is documented in this time-lapse video, showcasing the intricate process of germination from the moment the seed is planted until the first ...

Q: We have several fruit trees in our backyard. One of them is a plum tree. For the first time, we have lots of plums on the tree. The problem is that the plums keep falling off as soon as they get ...

With the early arrival of spring and the abundance of flowering trees, shrubs, and bulbs that seemed to appear all at once, I recently was challenged to identify specific blooming trees according to ...

Last year I promised my son, Nat, a Mirabelle plum tree for his birthday. By the time I got around to placing the order, the nursery had no Mirabelles and the other varieties we wanted were out of ...

Winter is here and yet we’re still getting plenty of gardening questions to Ask an Expert, an online question-and-answer tool from Oregon State University’s Extension Service. OSU Extension faculty ...