Q: I have two pineapple guava trees that are three and four years old. Both trees had many blossoms last year, but less than ten this year. Neither tree has produced any fruit yet. I water and ...

The pineapple guava (Acca sellowiana) is a small fruit tree that has been grown from Scotland to New Zealand. This beautiful small tree is a great candidate for many gardens. It is native to South ...

Q. Can a persimmon tree be pruned to a more desirable shape? Mine bears an abundance of fruit, but the upper branches are getting beyond reach from a ladder. A. You really shouldn't try to reshape a ...

An international team published their analysis of the genome of the red pineapple, a plant grown for fiber production and as an ornamental. As their Latin name indicates, pineapples are truly ...

Question: I have four 40- to 60-year-old pineapple guava trees that produce wonderful fruit and grow very tall. Please give me pruning information to maximize fruit production every year, make them as ...

Give a pineapple from the grocery store a second life as a houseplant. Next time you're shopping for a houseplant, stop by the produce section at the grocery store and pick up a pineapple. After ...

Question: Our pineapple plant has produced a fruit. Will I get another pineapple from the plant? Answer: Expect your next crop of pineapple fruits in a year or two from side shoots that develop at the ...

Fruit trees. Consider planting a guava tree. Make sure it’s a tropical guava (Psidium guajava) and not a pineapple guava (Feijoa sellowiana) or a strawberry guava (Psidium callleianum). The latter two ...

Dreaming of harvesting peaches, plums, apples or figs from your own backyard? Growing delicious homegrown fruit starts with ...

A story in the Nov. 6 edition of the Home & Garden section about a pod finally growing on the Quad-City Botanical Center's cacaco (chocolate) tree, prompted Kathy Birkett to write in about her ...