If you enjoy decadent foliage, delicate flowers, and a bountiful harvest, then a key lime tree is a great choice. These plants will thrive outdoors in a consistently warm environment, but they can ...

Question: Our citrus trees are starting to flower. Should I be concerned? Answer: Be concerned, but don’t worry too much about the early bloom. Unseasonably warm weather during January has brought ...

At the risk of sounding biased, I would like to suggest that citrus trees are the ideal garden plants. With their shining evergreen leaves and fragrant flowers, citrus trees make excellent garden ...

There's something special about a lime tree in bloom, those fragrant little flowers that you just know will bring delicious citrus fruit soon. However, if you don't live somewhere warm with ample ...

A newly planted citrus tree has limited resources, and it should be putting its efforts into settling in, getting established and growing strong roots, stems and ...

5 things to do in the garden this week: 1. Begin to fertilize citrus trees now for maximum flowering and fruit development. Jack Christensen, who authored the things to do column for many years until ...

I saw an ad for a mail-order nursery offering several dwarf citrus plants that can be grown in containers. I would like to order some but am concerned about how successful they might be in this area.

I have mentioned many times over the years that I believe that we live in a horticultural paradise. There is very little we can’t grow successfully in our Pacific Northwest climate, and Lord knows I ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Citrus arrive in blazing golden splendour when all else is brown and flat in the kitchen garden. Oddly happy in ...