Grafting fruit trees - combining two or more different trees into one - is a fun undertaking for gardeners. Here's everything ...

C arol Gorenberg writes: I planted a white Genoa fig tree nine years ago and have kept it compact and nicely shaped to form the focal point of my small, sunny West Santa Rosa yard. It is beautiful ...

My fig tree was started from a cutting three years ago and was recently transplanted to our atrium. ... which need to be propagated through grafting, more fig trees can be produced as cuttings.

My friend has a great fig tree, and I would like to grow one like it in my yard. ... Grafting citrus trees onto trifoliate orange rootstocks also makes them slightly more cold resistant.

Fruit trees have become very expensive to buy. Most are well north of $20 each. Some are $25 or more, but you can build your own for about $5 each. Building your own fruit trees is easy. Scion ...

Prune fig trees in winter after the coldest temperatures have passed. Remove enough of the plant to keep its growth at a manageable height, typically no more than 1/3 of the plant at one time.

ANSWER: Figs trees are easy to propagate from dormant, hardwood cuttings taken this month. Cut 10- to 12-inch pieces from the ends of branches. You may plant several fig cuttings together in a ...

Young trees grow at a good rate to nearly 30 feet tall, and can eventually reach 50 feet. They are often pollarded (pruned severely back to the same burly “knuckles” every winter), which ...