Growing your own fruit is an excellent way to diversify a home garden. Determining which species to grow based on your climate may feel limiting. However, if you are living in subtropical regions or ...

In Southern California, we all love to eat a fresh avocado, drink a glass of sun-ripened orange juice, or harvest a delicious plum from our backyard trees. However, growing fruit trees in an arid ...

That orange or mango tree in your backyard is lonely. Find an exotic companion for it Saturday at the Tropical Fruit Tree & Edible Plant Sale in West Palm Beach. The biannual sale, from 9 a.m. to 2 ...

If you are ready to venture into the world of exotic tropical fruit, consider planting a tree from the annonaceae or custard-apple family. Several tasty species are available and grow well here in ...

The pleasure of hanging out with plant people is what you learn from them. Such people, and the plants they grow, are typically full of wonderful surprises. Just the other day, I met Ash Jahanbin, ...

It’s amazing what you can do with a third of an acre of land. Take Alex Silber, for example. On a piece of ground this size, he is growing 52 exotic fruit trees, shrubs, and vines, 9 exotic herbs and ...

Tropical and subtropical fruit is being embraced by many South Florida dooryard gardeners. First, consider what kind of fruit you desire and then to research the growing conditions necessary for the ...

Johnnie Stevenson has one word for homeowners who say they have no room for tropical fruit trees: "Ha!" Stevenson owns your typical quarter-acre plot in Palm Bay, yet he is the proud papa of more than ...

Walk into any Miami area backyard and you’re faced with a tropical forest of strange, fresh fruit. My father, a Cuban farmer (who on occasion also likes to watch Ultra videos), always grew the kind of ...

Tropical fruits can be downright scary. Names like sapodilla, jakfruit, jaboticaba and monstera don't help. And who would want to eat a soursop, ugli fruit or dragon's eye, let alone bite into ...

Desaru Fruit Farm, which cultivates more than 100 species of tropical fruit trees, is popular among agrotourism enthusiasts and families seeking fresh produce. (Bernama pic) Tucked away in the heart ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jenn Rice is a nomadic journalist who covers food and drink. In-room hotel fruit will never be the same after you indulge in this ...