Q: My husband and I just moved to Summerlin, and I am seeing pink and white blooms on trees in this area. Do you know what kind of trees these are? A: Two very popular ornamental trees grown in our ...

With the early arrival of spring and the abundance of flowering trees, shrubs, and bulbs that seemed to appear all at once, I recently was challenged to identify specific blooming trees according to ...

SAVING SUMMER: The fruit and liquor unite to make downright dreamy preserves I'm lucky enough to have a large, mature plum tree in my backyard. Unluckily, though, it's an ornamental plum, producing ...

OAKLAND — Dotted along the thoroughfares and side streets throughout the Bay Area are bursts of pink and white blooms of the Flowering Plum tree, an ornamental, non-fruiting tree with flowers so ...

What flowering trees do you recommend for planting in home landscapes? We are fortunate to have a wide array of flowering trees that will grow in our climate. One of the earliest that has almost ...

Q. My flowering plum has made fruit this year. I have been here five years and this tree never made fruit before. I thought it was for flowering only and would not make fruit. Why did it make fruit ...

So a family member asked me the other evening why his young ornamental plum tree is growing straight up, not out like he imagined. And he wanted to know was what he could do about it. So much to think ...

Q: I would like to plant an attractive tree, preferably flowering, in my Noe Valley backyard. Two things I am concerned about are water requirements and vermin. Both plum and cherry trees seem to do ...

I have a split in the trunk of my ornamental plum tree, and I am wondering what I need to do to save the tree. Any suggestions? To be honest, I'm less concerned about the crack in the trunk than I am ...

All of the popular fruit trees produce flowers. Otherwise, they could not produce fruit. The stone fruits, such as almond, apricot, cherry, peach, plum and prune, bloom very impressively at this time ...