Patrice Hanlon answers your gardening questions every other week. DEAR GARDEN COACH: I’d like to pick your brain about the best citrus fruits to grow in containers, and also for crabapple trees ...
What: Malus toringo subsp. sargentii “Tina” is an extreme dwarf crabapple tree. Candy apple red buds open to single white flowers. which in turn produce bright red quarter-inch fruit that smother the ...
Have a big desire for trees but a pocket-sized yard? Consider planting dwarf trees that won’t overpower your space. These small saplings stay a diminutive 10 feet tall but perform like their bigger ...
If you own or rent a small patch of sun, you can grow apples. So-called dwarf fruit trees, a.k.a. patio apples, are gateway plants for budding urban permaculturists. One of the first things I did when ...
Spring blooms in soft, luscious colors and a cloud of fragrance. Sadly, it’s gone too soon. So now is the time to be bowled over by the beauty of crabapple trees in full, glorious bloom. The pink ...