If you want to grow a cherry tree, simply hang onto that pit and get ready to wait months for it to sprout and years for it to produce fruit.

These fruit trees benefit from being planted in the fall because it allows them to establish a good root system before ...

Two examples of a small tree/shrub have appeared in my garden. I've tried to identify it, with no success, I wonder if you known what it is? The plants are now two to three feet tall and woody. Its ...

While the perfect timing may vary by region, this time of year has the best temperature, soil, and moisture conditions for a cherry tree to grow and thrive.

Bursting into life at this time of year, blossom trees such as crab apple and flowering cherries, adorned with clouds of pink and white petals, are among the most inspiring sights of the changing ...

Conversion of lowland woodland to agricultural land and resulting fragmentation in Britain has been ongoing since Neolithic times. To counteract this decline, plantations of native species, often ...

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Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) micro-imaging was used to study the distribution of mobile protons in the petiole and stem of Prunus avium throughout the period of senescence of an attached leaf. The ...

It was investigated whether premature fruit abscission in Prunus avium L. was triggered by a reduction in polar auxin transport (PAT). The capacity of pedicels to transport tritiated IAA ([3H]-IAA) ...