Decide where you want to plant that new tree and do some research and find the perfect one for your garden. Trees are long-lived and will give you much pleasure for a long time. It is worth your ...

In addition, this handsome tree, up to 35 feet tall, creates a soft shade ideal for sheltering understory plants, as well as picnic tables and hammocks.

An outstanding book on growing deciduous fruit and nut trees in California is “The Home Orchard” (University of California, 2005), by Chuck Ingels.

Some of the narrow trees, with their crisp, clean, columnar outlines can tend to be a little formal in appearance. Many appear to have been meticulously pruned, even though the shears may have ...