CORVALLIS — From newly minted gardeners to avid urban farmers, everyone with a patch of land wants to grow an apple tree. Other fruits — pears, cherries, figs, plums — are desirable, too, but there’s ...

If you’re considering adding an apple tree to your home landscape this spring, it’s important to choose an appropriate variety. “The particular variety you plant will affect how many apples you ...

Question: Some of my trees are losing leaves. I thought with the plentiful rains we have had that the trees would be doing fine and there shouldn't be any leaves falling off, but my crabapple is ...

It was a much different year when Dwain Merickel planted his first 1,000 apple trees in 1988. “That was the driest summer I ever experienced. We had to water and water and water.” This year, with ...

It creeps into the garden on humid summer nights, coating leaves with ghostly white: powdery mildew. From bee balm to phlox and lilacs to apple trees, hundreds of common garden plants can be ...