As we count down to the holidays, many of us add a variety of living plants to augment the season's festive atmosphere: live Christmas trees, Christmas cacti and poinsettias. In the Bay Area, citrus ...

Q:I’M inquiring about the availability of dwarf persimmons. A friend has a small yard, and a dwarf tree would be the ideal size. A: There are many different types of dwarf fruit trees, but I’m not ...

If you own or rent a small patch of sun, you can grow apples. So-called dwarf fruit trees, a.k.a. patio apples, are gateway plants for budding urban permaculturists. One of the first things I did when ...