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 ...

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 ...

Hundreds of flowering plum trees on both sides of the road have given commuters on one Sacramento-area highway an annual show of pink blossoms for more than a decade. But, the trees are all coming ...

”Bones of Jade, Soul of Ice: The Flowering Plum in Chinese Art” is an example of what a first-rate theme show can be. Although its subject is probably too unfamiliar for the title to whet the appetite ...

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 ...

Since 1975, downtown Portland’s Terry Schrunk Plaza has been home to countless protests, speeches and political rallies. And until Tuesday, it was also home to 14 flowering plum trees. Then, without ...

DEAR JESSICA: I read your column every Sunday and learn so much. I have a plumeria growing in a clay pot, which I kept out on the deck all summer, where it thrived. How can I keep it alive as ...

Q. We would like to plant a row of purple leaf plum trees to screen our yard from our neighbors. The purple foliage and pink flowers are appealing; however, several people have mentioned a messy fruit ...

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When residents in Vancouver’s First Place neighborhood have a question about trees, they need only turn to fellow neighbor Gene Wigglesworth. “They know me as the tree guy,” he said. The story behind ...

The cherry blossoms are not blooming yet, the National Park Service said. The buds spotted on trees near the Tidal Basin in D.C. this week were mistaken for the famous cherry blossom trees. National ...