Growing a banana tree is an exciting venture that offers both visual charm and delicious fruit. While most banana varieties thrive outdoors in USDA growing zones 8 to 10, certain resilient cultivars ...

Expert offers tips to shape the biggest plants in your yard While much gardening activity slows in winter, these are the perfect months to tend to the biggest plants in your garden — your trees. Those ...

Trees add significant value to our landscapes, but sometimes trees can become somewhat problematic in their crown, trunk, or roots. Also, when nurturing newly planted trees, some strategic pruning in ...

Orcharding requires effort, but the resulting yields of fresh fruit make it all worthwhile. One of the most important aspects of growing fruit trees is pruning. This applies to large commercial and ...

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Garden columnist Dan Gill answers readers' questions each week. To send a question, email Gill at gnogardening@agcenter.lsu.edu. I have a Louisiana sweet orange tree that is about 12 years old and ...