Temperature and Humidity Optimal temperatures for pistachio trees hover at around 100 degrees Fahrenheit. In the winter, the tree requires at least 900 to 1,000 cumulative hours of temperatures ...

This type of pistachio is related to the nut producing tree (Pistachia vera), but is really just a nice ornamental. When young, this deciduous immigrant is not the prettiest of trees. Almost gawky.

A member of the cashew family, pistachios grow on a tree that's scientifically known as Pistacia vera, though it's more commonly called a pistachio tree. These trees can grow up to 30-feet high ...

Before being retired in 2004, the tree was responsible for 3 million of the state's 16 million pistachio trees and helped the industry spread nearly a hundredfold from 1,000 acres three decades ...

Native to China, Afghanistan, Philippines, and Taiwan, Chinese pistache (Pistacia chinensis) is a cousin of the pistachio tree (P. vera) that gives us those delicious green nuts.

Pistachios just beginning to develop. Researchers have detailed how pistachio nuts develop, which could allow farmers to manage their crops more sustainably. (Bárbara Blanco-Ulate / UC Davis) Given ...

The pistachio tree would not last long in our humid summers and cold winters. With that said, I am looking forward to the delivery of pistachios or at least a photo of tree in a reader’s backyard. I ...