The thornless blackberries in Mary Steffens' backyard in Echo Park are going on three years, and one of the plants is finally setting fruit -- big, purple-black globes of nearly seedless, sweet ...

It’s important to know how to prune a lemon tree if you want a healthy plant abundant with zesty fruit. Lemon trees are a popular addition to patios, and make delightful house plants in conservatories ...

Each fruit contains 200 to 400 seed, with about a 75 percent germination rate. Each plant has the potential to produce over 10,000 viable seed ready to colonize new ground.

My citrus tree has thorns. Will it bear fruit? ... Be on the lookout for extremely thorny shoots from the base of the trunk below the graft union (which looks like a knob in the lower trunk).

There are several kinds of trees in the Skiatook area that have thorns. This note describes four of them. Black locust, Callery pear, chittamwood and Osage orange.

The crown of thorns plant, named for the wreath of spines Christ was forced to wear during his crucifixion, has come a long way in a few decades. We’ve gone from a single red-flowered species ...