Plums are a classic English fruit, with the 'Victoria' variety being the nation's favourite. The fruit trees naturally love ...

Researchers at UBC Okanagan are working to learn more about how sweet cherry trees naturally protect their buds from freezing ...

This is critical for fruit trees because these flower buds must survive the winter to produce the following year’s crop. In late January 2024, temperatures in the Okanagan dipped to –27°C, ...

Most trees can be easily identified by inspecting their leaves, seed pods, flowers, ... Twigs and buds are generally not used to ID a tree during late spring through early summer.

Good question, considering that most trees are seen as more or less shutting down for the winter. The thing is, trees really need water in the fall.. In spring, when tree buds pop open and start ...

Brandi Mace labels tree buds with an identifying tag — sycamore — on a conveyor belt on Monday, March 17, 2025, at George O. White State Forest Nursery, in Licking, Missouri.