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

Have you ever noticed that your backyard apple or pear tree produces a large quantity of fruit one year, but a ...

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, ...

Twigs and buds are generally not used to ID a tree during late spring through early summer. Twigs have structures called buds, leaf scars, and bundle scars that vary from species to species.

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.