Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Part plum and part apricot, this complex hybrid may be the most elusive stone fruit. Serious Eats / Getty Images Even during peak ...

•Sprinkle wildflower seeds. There’s still time to plant California poppies and other wildflowers that bloom in spring. •Resist the urge to clean up cold-damaged plants. They may look sad, but damaged ...

Q: I planted a Flavor Supreme pluot tree two years ago. The tree is doing very well. It has grown a lot, and I prune it every winter along with my peach and apricot trees. This tree blooms like crazy, ...

In the natural world, we depend on birds and bees to carry pollen from tree to tree to create new seeds of life. When two trees share the same species or genus, horticulturalists cross them to produce ...

There are approximately 250 varieties of plums grown in California. They thrive in the San Joaquin Valley, are one of the easiest fruit trees to grow in the home garden, and are delicious to eat.

A great choice for the home orchard is the pluot, a plum-apricot hybrid. Pluots (pronounced plew-otts) are like plums in flavor and texture, but are sweeter and less acidic. Many pluot varieties are ...

Q: I purchased a Flavor Supreme bare-root pluot tree at the University Orchard on Horse Drive in North Las Vegas six years ago. The pluots are plentiful and taste great. I spray the tree with ...

Nectaplums may still be a decade away, but the Pluot is a raging success. An arranged marriage between a plum and apricot, consummated with the help of Modesto plant breeder Floyd Zaiger, the Pluot is ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Credit: Design Pics Editorial / Contributor / Getty Images Hybrid fruit trees are created by cross-pollinating two different types ...

Is it possible to fall in love with a fruit? Six or seven years ago a young Web producer named Chip Brantley was browsing the Culver City farmers market when he encountered a yellow-skinned, ...

Most of the best plums and Pluots — sweet or sweet-tart, with rich flavor — cluster in midseason, from mid-July to mid-August. Even now there are plenty of mediocrities, however, so it pays to keep a ...