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A garden with fruit trees is a delight for many, especially when filled with their beautiful bounty. The joy of picking an ...
"The White Lotus" on HBO has brought attention to Cerbera odollam, a highly toxic tree native to Southeast Asia known as the ...
Pruning in the dormant season is absolutely necessary for trees that form fruit on new wood. Nectarines and peaches are two trees that benefit from dormant pruning. Others, like apricot, cherry, and ...
Grow a grapefruit tree in a fertile and well-draining soil type. Trees will struggle in heavy soils, and Bethany Lakatos, plant expert at Fast Growing Trees, says: ‘Because they are sensitive to root ...
The pong pong tree—also known as the “suicide tree”—may be a plot point in the season finale of the HBO series. But the plant was known to cause thousands of deaths a year in the past.
In the chilly winters of British Columbia, sweet cherry trees employ a fascinating survival trick called supercooling, ...
“Another popular choice is dwarf peach trees, which begin fruiting in only 1 to 2 years through proper pruning and grow to ...
Contemporary artist Sam Van Aken is bringing the “Tree of 40 Fruit” to Temple University’s main campus in Philadelphia. This ...
Seeds from the fruit of the pong pong tree are toxic, and ingesting them can lead to nausea, vomiting, and even death.
Indigenous to parts of South and Southeast Asia, Australia and the Pacific islands, the fruit contains a toxin in its seeds ...